Well, all I can say is I got it cheap - real cheap. Not sure what it is, how to attribute? Many things with this one raise question marks. I cannot "cross the 'I's or dot the 'T's" with this one. What say you? What be it? Fear not at insulting me . . . . . . you cannot hurt my 'feelings', I don't have any . . . . . Z
If it is sovereign sized, it might be a gaming counter, or alternatively a Greek 'new year' token - the latter are often baked into bread / mounted as a charm. They are typically styled crudely after British sovereigns, and generally struck in brass.
I have had these many times here in the UK. Not entirely clear what purpose, if any, they had but gaming counter or souvenir token probably covers it. Brass, pretty common and no great value despite their age.
Yeah, it's brass, about 27mm, I haven't weighed it yet. What struck me as "odd" is the almost cud sized thickness of the upper rim, the obvious size differential in the font of the first G in GEORGIUS, and the fact that they enumerated "4" in roman numberals as "IIII" instead of the proper "IV." If there were enough of these around, I figured someone might be able to "date" it. I'm not relying on the date displayed. I bought it because I'm a St. George fan . . . . Z
They used both IIII and IV for Georgie the Fourth. I too am a St. George fan and if it was cheap enough I may have jumped on it too
All the ones I have seen have been crudely made with uneven rims. Quite often they have a mounting loop, although I am not sure these were originally intended as medallions.
Just on a guess, I’d say it was very likely still a 19th century item, though perhaps Victorian and thus not quite as early as George IV. Sure, not a terribly valuable piece, but still cool. “Gaming token” is how I would categorize it as well. “Jeton” would be another catch-all term that would be accurate enough, too, I reckon.
