Help Identifying Coin/ Medal/ Token (Id: Whist Gaming Counter/Token)

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rb1 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 1:34 pm Hi can anyone help identify this coin, it has no date on and I can't find any information anywhere, I have seen similar ones with dates on but nothing like this, thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 1:57 pm John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 2:35 pm @rb1, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please also post the weight and diameter of this piece? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17883 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 7:18 pm It looks to me like a brass gaming counter struck to imitate a George IV coin. Not a coin, but some people collect and study them. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 07/19/2020 9:09 pm Yes good point @nr and I agree with you. I was thinking that if we had some info about the dimensions it could confirm. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187582 Posts	Posted 07/20/2020 11:06 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 07/20/2020 2:24 pm The object in the centre of the reverse is the key to identifying this as a gaming counter. In the early part of the 19th century they came in sets of four for scoring at whist. See thewhistmarkersmuseum.com Report this Post to the Staff
tokenscot Valued Member United Kingdom 82 Posts	Posted 07/21/2020 04:19 am It is a card counter from the 1830s to 1840s. The reverse with the spade pip in the garter is paired with a few dies from around that time. Obv. Head of George IV to left with GEORGE IV KING OF GREAT BRITAIN above. [Nose to just after I of IV] Edge Plain, 330, brass, round, 22.9mm, 5g Xrefs. D&W 309/3; H89 85 Obv. Head of George IV to left with GEORGE IV. BEGAN TO REIGN JAN29. 1820. above. Edge Plain, 000, brass, round, 22.6mm, 5g Xrefs. Batty F1974 Obv. [Q89; QV38] Head of Queen Victoria to left with VICTORIA QUEEN OF «» GREAT BRIT. above. Edge Plain, 000, copper, round, 22.5mm, 4½g Xrefs. Batty F1954-7; H89 85 Obv. Head of Queen Victoria to left with VICTORIA QUEEN OF «» GREAT BRIT. above. (Different from previous) Edge Plain, 000, brass, round, 22.4mm, 3.7g Xrefs. Personal collection only Obv. Textured spade pip within a crowned buckled garter bearing HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE with crossed laurel and palm branches below. [Oval of buckle at right angles to direction of garter.] Rev. Woman to right seated at table with KEEP Y0UR TEMPER above. Edge Plain, brass, round, 22mm Xrefs. Batty F1882 Report this Post to the Staff
rb1 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 07/22/2020 08:14 am Hi all, firstly, thank you all so much for welcoming me to the community and secondly for such interesting answers. I'm amazed. I'm actually helping my elderly father identify this and have only just got back to him to measure the, now thought to be, gaming counter. It's 22mm in diameter, hopefully this will confirm what you have all discussed. Thank you so much once again, Julie Report this Post to the Staff
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