What's thoughts on this please. I got this spade guinea victorian gaming token fom a charity shop for couple pound .. I know theses are copies with it being george iii and the date 1701 . It caught my eye as it didn't look like the brass ones I have very yellow in colour. It weighs 3.5 grams and 25mm length. I did put a blob of bleach on it and didn't tarnish and even put a salt and vinegar past just to see if it would tarnish but never and brass would with both these methods . I even marked it on a bit slate it left gold streak that acid didn't desolve. Not saying its gold but definitely caught my eye .
I read the opening of this, have you read it, maybe it will help. An Investigation into Five Brass Imitation Spade Guineas - Egham Museum
I no what they are but this one has tested positive for gold I used acid test from a friend I have sevral different ones quite a common find in brass also I put acid onto the token itself if was brass it would seriously damage it it did not do anything to this if it was brass bleach would seriously damage it and also I made a salt and vinegar past that I left on it for 2 hours and did not tarnish it that it would .
If you scratch the edge of brass coin on gold test plate it would leave dark linne and gold wold leave gold line because its soft and the test acid would eat the brass line and depending on ct of gold would still be visible under the acid like this pic I took 22ct acid
Have you matched it too any Genuine Guineas, or found a match to a gaming token? I have no idea about these, I thought your find/buy was interesting.
Well, it's definitely not a regal issue guinea. But it does intriguingly look like gold. I've had several of these imitation Spade guineas over the years, and none of them were ever that "goldy" looking. Always brass. Now maybe some of them were gilt occasionally (and the gold plating didn't survive), but if this one is plated/gilt, it's got a heavier layer, for sure. Intriguing piece.
