Manufacturers Initials On Spade Guinea ?

This is a casino token but at the same time it's imitation of the original gold guinea. So a good news and the bad news for you. :)

apeka, thanks for the input...

Cajunlady0, yes I bought it (under $7.00) for a research project as some of these can be challenging and very entertaining and rewarding if one finds out the proper history.

It appears that I have worded my question incorrectly as I am not asking what this is, only if anyone knows who the initials S & T are for?

So far I have been able to find out the following information online:

"There was an earlier version of these spade guinea counters/tokens from about 1788 while the actual gold spade guinea was still being struck. They used the same inscription as on the genuine guineas; M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E. for Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hibernise Rex, Fidei Defensor, Brusviciensis et Lunenburgensis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperil Archi-Thesaurus et Elector, which can be translated as - King of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, Defender of the faith. Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg. Grand Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

To avoid counterfeit laws these had different types of edges and some had the manufacturers initials below the bust, W A & co (Wilmore / Alston & Co.) for example. They are of finer quality than the later victorian counters."

Some of these can be scarce to rare depending on who and how famous the maker is.

Maybe one day I will find who or what S & T is...

Lady, these things can fool only people unfamiliar with British coinage. Those who are around circulating guineas or any other KG3 coins would see right away that the effigy is way off. Or (like in this case) the edge design. Although there's plenty of varieties, those counters were quite popular in 1800's. Some have very official looking portrait, some have accurate legend (on at least one side), some have Gibberish, some have an advertisement. I have a few myself, you can find them at a very modest price. I'll try to locate them and post some pics (not in this thread).

As for the initials, I rather agree with the ampersand than "V", though backwards. But I have no idea what they represent.