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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 4579196, member: 40017&quot;]Certainly looks possible as a gaming counter, although French tokens are something I know little about.</p><p><br /></p><p>To answer [USER=19250]@Paddy54[/USER] &#039;s query about which games they were used for - I have always assumed Whist was the game. It was played avidly by all the middle and upper classes, men but mostly women,&nbsp; right through the 19th century until eventually overtaken by Bridge, which is derived from Whist. See the Jane Austen novels for many mentions of cards being played.</p><p>Whist was generally played for fun or nominal stakes, so real money would have been too valuable. Besides, in many circles, women were not expected to handle real money![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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