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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 10807580, member: 10461&quot;]The gaming token is likely from the early- to mid-1800s.&nbsp; It&#039;s old, but not as old as the &quot;1790&quot; date indicates.&nbsp; These were made during the Victorian era to imitate the British &quot;Spade&quot; type gold <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13158.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13158.html" rel="nofollow">guineas</a> (so-called for the spade-shaped shield on their reverse).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia33567.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia33567.html" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s a Numista page on one type</a>- not necessarily an exact match.&nbsp; There are a lot of varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thetokensociety.org.uk/article.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thetokensociety.org.uk/article.pdf" rel="nofollow">One article (small PDF ebook) I found</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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