Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III (George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham) ND (1878-1881) front Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III (George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham) ND (1878-1881) back
Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III (George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham) ND (1878-1881) photo

Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham ND

 
Brass 3 g 24 mm
Description
Location
United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Type
Utility items › Counter tokens
Years
1878-1881
Value
½ Guinea
Composition
Brass
Weight
3 g
Diameter
24 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#26249
Rarity index
51%

Reverse

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)

Script: Latin

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'

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Hawkins 9