Help With I.d. Please |replica Spage Guinea Gaming Token

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robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 9:28 pm Thankyou! Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 9:32 pm looks like a Spade Guinea. If it's genuine, it ought to weigh 8.4g. The effigy doesn't look correct, and the reverse legend is, I think, wrong, so ... I'd say you've got a brass gaming-token. Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 12/11/2012 9:39 pm Thanks Peter, only weighs 2 grams and sounds very brassy.! Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 08:28 am Sorry to disappoint but it is a brass gaming token available everywhere in the UK for about Â£1 Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 08:38 am Sorry to disappoint the disappointers, but haven't past threads on this topic demonstrated that these 19th-century tokens are collectible in their own right? Some varieties carrying a fair premium? Edited by philadelphian 12/12/2012 08:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
mds308 Pillar of the Community United States 1721 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 1:54 pm philadelphian, I want you on my team. Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1321 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 2:24 pm http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/brit...Holst_63.txt Game Token, 19th century, brass imitation Spade Half Guinea made by WCB & Co., Birmingham. Obv: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, laureate head right. Rev: W.C.B.ET.CO.DG.IT.REX.FD.B.I.R.M. 1790, crowned coat of arms. (Legend of the genuine coins is M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E. Originally minted from 1787 to 1799, the spade guineas and half spade guineas were later copied extensively and used as advertisement and game tokens etc. The reverse legend of this example has the name and town of the makers, "W.C.B. ET CO... B.I.R.M. 1790". Value in good condition is about $20 to collectors. Holst 63; Imitation of Seaby 3735. Contributed by Anneli Lindblom, Jan. 2012. ** William Charles Bagnall & Co(W.C.B. ET. Co. on the token) was a token maker in Birmingham(B.I.R.M. on the token) also known as Charles William Bagnall, engraver, of 16 Hockley street, Birmingham Edited by andyg 12/12/2012 2:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 12/12/2012 7:04 pm Thanking everyone for their valuable contributions- Much Appreciated.! Report this Post to the Staff
bradez72 New Member United Kingdom 33 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 3:00 pm This coin was used to play poker with because gambling was illegal called a spade Guinea Report this Post to the Staff
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