Need Some Help To Find This Coin. Its Weird

[lece 0]

I have got this coin and cant for the life of me find what it is. it looks like a george III token but it is different from it has george II on it and writing is not the same the date is 1790

Front

http://instagram.com/p/exN3gAoWlf/

back

http://instagram.com/p/exNz2DoWlX/

[bagerap 706]

Gambling token issued by W.C.B. & Co., die sinkers, Birmingham.

http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1963_BNJ_32_15.pdf

[lece 0]

Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error.

[Peckris 579]

Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error.

Most likely to prove it's not a forgery of a currency piece. The mistake is so obvious that it would probably constitute a defence even in the law of that time.

[Coinery 1,156]

Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error.

I wondered the same thing for a few seconds! It is a little more unusual, but Peckris is 100% correct and, given the sheer volume of these tokens, I wouldn't say they are collected enough that a slightly rarer variant would be financially appreciated!

Edit: seuk could be interested? If he doesn't see this, it could be worth Private Messaging him for his input...he would provide you with a definitive answer for sure!

Edited September 27, 2013 by Coinery

[Peter 615]

It is a brass gaming token.

The majority of these have strange inscriptions,dates,monarchs.

They we produced in vast quantities in Victorian times.

So many people think they have found a guinea.

A gold guinea will weigh approx 8g whereas these brass tokens approx 3.5g.

At coin fairs you can take your pick for less than £1 each although some suckers

on Ebay pay more.

[seuk 85]

Gaming tokens are not really my field though I try to get scans of the ones from 1800-1830 though most of the spade guineas are either older or later.
For anyone interested in the area there's an updated version out of the A Thousand Guineas cataloge

[Peckris 579]

Some of those gaming tokens replaced the 'normal' legend with 'IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS' which is rather fun.