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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 1093667, member: 17919&quot;]Most of the tokens seem to be contemporary Japanese pieces, with a couple of casino tokens from Sheraton Walker Hill in Seoul, South Korea. I also have two or 3 of the brass spade guinea tokens, at least one appears to be gilt.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, one of the brass English tokens is dated 1777 is appears to be farthing-sized with no discernible gilt. The obverse legend is &quot;Georgius III Dei Gratia&quot; while the reverse is a jumble that apparently simulates the legends of contemporary British coins-- &quot;MBFETHREXFDBETLDSRIATETE&quot;-- which I assume stands in part for &quot;King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith&quot; but do not know what the remainder means.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gilt coin is guinea-sized, dated 1797, and also contains the obverse legend &quot;Georgius III Dei Gratia&quot;. The reverse is a spade guinea design which is surrounded by the legend &quot;In Memory of the Good Old Days&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The local dealer in my hometown in the US knows the value of Japanese money and he would never throw a 100-yen coin into a junk box! I would love to visit a shop and see a boxful of 100-yen coins being sold for a quarter each![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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