rsraghead Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 can anybody shed Any info on these two tokens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Well it is a gaming token, Jeton, and had to do with the fact that queen Victoria couldn't become King of Hanover. Hence the slogan to Hanover they sent a cousin or uncle to be the new king when the old one died. There seems to be a lot of them for sale form the usual nasty half worn out ones that are "rare and special". To uncir ones. and fr4om singles to lots of 7,9,12 . Of course the price is all over the map from $2.00USD to $44.95 USD hope this helped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 They are "To Hanover Counters"(Cumberland Jacks colloquially) according to Salic Law a female could not inherit land. The British and Hanoverian thrones separated after the death of King William IV of the United Kingdom and of Hanover in 1837. Hanover practised the Salic law, while Britain did not. King William's niece Victoria ascended to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland, but the throne of Hanover went to William's brother Ernest, Duke of Cumberland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circus Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 When Victoria became Queen of Great Britain in 1837 she could not be King of Hanover. So her uncle the unpopular Duke of Cumberland was sent instead. The tokens were produce in Birmingham over a 30 year period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsraghead Posted July 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 thanx. I have had them awhile and knew nothing about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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