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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3028948, member: 10461&quot;]Aha- <a href="http://www.detecteur.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107350" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.detecteur.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=107350" rel="nofollow">look at this</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>My French is weak at best, but there&#039;s one posted on a French metal detecting site, which seems in synch with what you&#039;ve said about your source.&nbsp; The one in that link has a little bit clearer legends, so it appears this jeton features the portrait of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" rel="nofollow">George II of England</a>, who ruled 1727-1760, which goes to confirm my suspicions that this is a late-18th century piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, looking again at your obverse picture, I can read GEORGIVS in those severely die-fatigued letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it might be of continental European manufacture rather than British, despite featuring a British king and crest.&nbsp; A lot of this sort of stuff was made by the Lauer firm in Germany.&nbsp; And it could date a bit later than the reign of George II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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