Spade Half Guinea Gaming Token - George III Wilmore Alston and Co., Birmingham
Spade Half Guinea Gaming Token - George III Wilmore Alston and Co., Birmingham
€146,147.00
Location
United Kingdom
Year
1788
Type
Utility items › Counter
tokens
Composition
Brass
Weight
2.37 g
Diameter
20.5 mm
Thickness
Shape
Scalloped (with 20 notches)
Technique
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Smooth
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Portrait right
Obverse lettering
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A crowned shield, divided into quarters bearing the arms of England with Scotland, France, Ireland and Hanover
Reverse lettering
M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E·1788· (Translation: Magnae Britanniae Franciae et Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brunsvicensis et Luneburgensis Dux Sacri Romani Imperii Archi Thesaurarius et Elector King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire)
