http://www.ebay.com/itm/1701-KING-G...580?pt=UK_Coins_Tokens_RL&hash=item3380f8f5bc http://www.ebay.com/itm/1701-KING-G...752?pt=UK_Coins_Tokens_RL&hash=item3380f8f668 Thoughts anyone? Thanks! -StephenS
There seems too be a ton of these available at affordable prices. If you like them they can be found in quite a variety of designs. They would make a nice little collection but as I said they must be quite common for their age. Buy the best conditions you can find at the cheapest prices you can. I put these in a catagory of exonumia with the german spiel markes ( play money ) and the 1837 To Hanover tokens. I don't know much about the use they had but I think they were used like Windchild says for gaming and gambling. Here's an interesting PDF link. http://www.ccgtcc-ccn.com/tokens.pdf
See eBay #300880504833 for a lot of 11 George III half-sovereign tokens, similar, currently bid to around $1 per coin. The seller calls them "spade" tokens.
If I was starting over, I would love to collect George III coins and tokens, merchant tokens of that period, communion tokens, ferry tokens, etc. Copper or bronze medals too. There seems to be a lot of higher grades around, and those copper coins with a 200-year patina, really appeal to me.
