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Help Needed To Identify A Coin (Id: Gaming Token)

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 Posted 12/08/2019  6:34 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ioana to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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Hello! Could you be so kind to help me identify this coin? Thank you very much!
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 Posted 12/08/2019  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ioana to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Could it be a George III Guinea gold?
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Doesn't look like gold
I'm thinking a gaming token
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42767.html
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You are definitely right. And it would be the same for this one? Thank you!
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And it would be the same for this one?


I'm by no means an expert but it look to also be a token due to the poor strike
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There were lots of types of gaming tokens issued at the time. That is certainly what it is.
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Although many, many manufacturers made these tokens, most of them used a clean edge. Your "serrated" edge could be by a company called Silcox.

Try matching the initials using this PDF:

https://www.britnumsoc.org/publicat...NJ_32_15.pdf
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Thank you all!
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