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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4799993, member: 75482"]Yes, I believe it's a Simcox & Timmins counter token. They were used as reckoning jetons for accounting or as scoring counters in games like whist. The spade guinea types were popular during George's reign and again in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, after a change in UK law banned imitations of the reigning monarch. Most of the early copies were simple imitations, like this piece. There are no genuine guineas dated "1800". The later copies are more often of an advertising nature with the names of businesses added. I've been developing an interest in these and other early game counters of late. There are many varieties and most cost only a few dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 4799993, member: 75482"]Yes, I believe it's a Simcox & Timmins counter token. They were used as reckoning jetons for accounting or as scoring counters in games like whist. The spade guinea types were popular during George's reign and again in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, after a change in UK law banned imitations of the reigning monarch. Most of the early copies were simple imitations, like this piece. There are no genuine guineas dated "1800". The later copies are more often of an advertising nature with the names of businesses added. I've been developing an interest in these and other early game counters of late. There are many varieties and most cost only a few dollars.[/QUOTE]
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