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George III token

Anyone have any info on this "token"? I just bought it because I thought it was neat but I have no
information about it.

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1-Dammit Boy Oct 14,2003

International Coins
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Wayne
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Hard_ Search (buyer/bidder, a small time seller)
e-mail: wayne.whatley@gmail.com

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    theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Nice token. I could not find it in my British Historical Medals Vol 1.image
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    I have not been able to find any info on it.
    I don't have a way to measure it right now but it is mabe 22-23mm...and very thin.

    I like it a lot!
    Becoming informed but still trying to learn every day!
    1-Dammit Boy Oct 14,2003

    International Coins
    "A work in progress"


    Wayne
    eBay registered name:
    Hard_ Search (buyer/bidder, a small time seller)
    e-mail: wayne.whatley@gmail.com
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    AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    This is one of the "Memory of the Good Old Days" Guinea tokens. It was most likley made around the 1860s.
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    1987-C Hendersonville Road
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    Thanks Mike.........

    I like it a lot........no idea what it was issued for
    Becoming informed but still trying to learn every day!
    1-Dammit Boy Oct 14,2003

    International Coins
    "A work in progress"


    Wayne
    eBay registered name:
    Hard_ Search (buyer/bidder, a small time seller)
    e-mail: wayne.whatley@gmail.com
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    farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    They are often listed on eBay as an imitation spade guinea (or as a real spade gunea!). Probable use was as a game counter.
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
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    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
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