warddvd391 Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 I have a coin, Victoria 1837, farthing size. Young head on one side, mounted horseman and dragon on the reverse with the words To Hanover. Is this a token? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted January 15, 2016 Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 These are game counter pieces. They were also used as political tokens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warddvd391 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thank you. That is very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wossip Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 They also refer to the fact that Victoria, as a woman, was not eligible to succeed to the throne of Hannover, which only males could inherit; so, after the death of her uncle, William IV, in 1837, that throne went instead to another uncle - Ernest. These very common little brass tokens were distributed as a form of grievance at this. Britain had no similar bar to female monarchs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warddvd391 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2016 That is fascinating. I have many tokens, given me as a boy, and now in retirement I have time to sort through them. Some are rather obscure. For example, a halfpenny token, 1791, with St Andrew and his cross on one face, and just a ship on the other, no inscription. Obviously Scottish, perhaps Edinburgh, or maybe Leith as that was the port for Edinburgh at the time. Perhaps I should be starting a new thread for a different coin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 It is an 18th Century Provincial Token, Dalton & Hamer lists it as Edinburgh #50, which has an inscription around the edge, if it as an engrailed edge(ridges) no inscription it is #50a. You can download a free flip book here http://provincialtokencoinage.weebly.com/ scroll down to the top of the blue page, to the right click on the red "Download" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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