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Janneman New Member Belgium 2 Posts	Posted 01/02/2014 4:10 pm The ID under his head is remarkable... Somebody has the story about this coin? The diameter is 2.22 * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Jsalgado Valued Member Portugal 179 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 01:59 am This token it is listed in A Thousand Guineas - a checklist of imitation guineas and their fractions by W Bryce Neilson 2003 published by Galata Print Ltd The M.B.F.ET.H.REX..., the legend reads Magnae Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae REX Fidei Defensor Brunsviciensis ET Lunenburgensis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius Et Elector (King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire) Report this Post to the Staff
Janneman New Member Belgium 2 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 4:39 pm thx, I thought it was not the real stuff but wanted to know what the id under the head means Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 6:59 pm Probably the designer's initials. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 8:06 pm From the UKDFD website: Quote: James Davies was one of the most active of the Birmingham 'toymen' of the late 18th and early 19th century. He produced die-stamped discs of various types, including pocket calendars, historical medalets and various tokens and counters. He was active circa 1779-1814. Davies signed his imitation spade guinea and half-guinea gaming counters below the bust in a variety of fashions, but, according to the British Numismatic Society, those dated 1789 are all signed with the initials "I D". His tokens are among the very earliest: those known to have been made concurrently with the genuine George III gold guineas. Edited by philadelphian 01/03/2014 8:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 8:22 pm moving this to the section for Tokens Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 9:07 pm Cool! Report this Post to the Staff
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