BrianRxm Tokens and Medals 83/86
Great Britain
Gaming tokens, coronation medals, and mysterious Egyptian item
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Great Britain tokens including imitation spade guinea gaming pieces and a mysterious Egyptian item.
 
Britain Token Spade Guinea
1. Britain George III Spade Guinea Gaming Token - Rex Tenby 1790
Brass, 25mm, 3.17gm
 
Obverse:
George III facing right
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
 
Reverse:
Spade Guinea design
JR.ET.JW.REX.F.D.TENBY.ST.C.M.S.P.ET.C
1790
 
The "JR.ET.JW.REX.F.D.TENBY.ST.C.M.S.P.ET.C" means: Joseph Rollason and John Wood, Rex, Fidei Defensor, Tenby Street (Birmingham), Chain Makers, Stampers, Piercers, Etc.
 
Britain Token Spade Guinea
2. Britain George III Spade Guinea Gaming Token - Good Times 1788
Brass, 25mm, 3.17gm
 
Obverse:
George III facing right
GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
 
Reverse:
Spade Guinea design
IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD TIMES
1788
 
Britain Model Half Sovereign
3. Britain Victoria Model Half Sovereign Gaming Token
Brass, 19mm, 2.19gm
 
Obverse:
Profile of Queen Victoria
VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN 1841
 
Reverse:
Royal crown logo
THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVRN
 
Britain Victoria Double-headed Eagle
4. Britain Victoria Double-headed Eagle Gaming Token
Brass, 22mm, 3.92gm
 
Obverse:
Profile of Queen Victoria
H.M.G.M. QUEEN VICTORIA (H.M.G.M. is Her Most Gracious Majesty)
 
Reverse:
Double-headed eagle (Similar to Russia emblem)
 
Britain Edward VII Coronation
5. Britain Edward VII Coronation Medallion 1902
Brass, 25mm, 3.09gm
 
Obverse:
Profile of King Edward VII and Queen
OUR GRACIOUS KING AND QUEEN / MADE IN GERMANY
 
Reverse:
Royal logo
LONG MAY THEY REIGN / CORONATION 1902
 
Britain Edward VIII Coronation
6. Britain Medal Edward VIII Coronation Medallion
Gilded bronze, 32mm, 12.31gm
 
Obverse:
Crowned Edward VIII facing right
EDWARD VIII KING AND EMPEROR
 
Reverse:
Shields (clockwise from top)
United Kingdom, Canada, Scotland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Union Jack
BIRTH 23 JUNE 1894
P OF WALES 13 JULY 1911
ACCESSION 20 JAN 1935 (Should be 1936)
CORONATION
12 MAY 1937
MADE IN ENGLAND
Britain Egypt Good Luck
7. Britain Egypt Good Luck Token - ABF
Aluminum, 31mm, 3.33gm
 
Obverse:
Triangle enclosing Egyptian pyramid, sphinx, camel
GOOD LUCK POCKET PIECE
 
Reverse:
Triangle enclosing six stars and the initials "A B F."
GOOD LUCK POCKET PIECE
 
This item might be British as the initials "A B F" might be the "Army Benevolent Fund", a British charity for soldiers founded in 1944 when there were many British troops in Egypt.
 
This item has Egyptian symbols and might be a British Egyptian Magic Coin.
For more on these items, please visit: The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
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