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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LotsofCoppers, post: 1468157, member: 27343&quot;]Yep #7 is a contemporary counterfeit.&nbsp; I love &#039;em <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Would have been silver plated I think.&nbsp; At least I have had a few that still had much silver plating but I have also have had some with no trace of silver.&nbsp; I have seem other denominations of that era too.&nbsp; And some very pretty ones done in brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 is a guinea or 1/2 guinea gaming counter depending on the size.&nbsp; Probably from the Victorian era.&nbsp; I think mostly used in playing card games like Whist etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are #3 &amp; #4 very small?&nbsp; If so, I would call them commemorative &quot;toy coins&quot;.&nbsp; Many commemorative charms, small medals etc.. came out of Britain in the later 19th C / early 20th C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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