Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham
Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham
€2.00
Location
United Kingdom
Year
1760-1820
Type
Utility token
Composition
Brass
Weight
3 g
Diameter
24 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Reeded
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Copy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea.
Obverse lettering
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA (Translation: `George III by the grace of God`)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Copy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea as noted above, but with different, nonsense lettering. 1701 (Date not in the reign of George III, who had not even been born by that year)
Reverse lettering
G.Y.I.ET.F.G.REX.S.UF.ST.DS.T.M.S.ET. (Translation: G Y I ET F G [REX] SUF ST DS T M S ET[C.] `George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Suffolk Street (Birmingham), diesinkers, tool makers, stampers, et cetera`)
Reverse script
Latin
Mint
Mintage
ND
(1760-1820) - 1701 isn`t a right data, George III wasn`t even born then. -