George III - 1701 Half Spade Guinea Token imitation, Great Britain

Country: United Kingdom, King George III.
Type: Token
Years: 1701
Value: 1/2 Guinea (1)
Metal: Gilded Brass
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 25 mm 
Currency: Counter Tokens 
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Grade: XF

Obverse:
Copy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea:
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13157.html

Lettering: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA

Translation: "George III by the grace of God"

Reverse:
Copy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea as noted above, but with different, nonsense lettering.

1701 (Date not in the reign of George III, who had not even been born by that year)

Lettering: G.Y.I.ET.F.G.REX.S.UF.ST.DS.T.M.S.ET.

Translation:
G Y I ET F G [REX] SUF ST DS T M S ET[C.]
'George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Suffolk Street
(Birmingham), diesinkers, tool makers, stampers, et cetera'

Edge:
Reeded

Comments:
A gaming token of unknown origin, imitating a George III half guinea, but with the false date "1701".

Source : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2...

Collection : English, Scottish & Irish, Conder Tokens, Commonwealth & Colonial Tokens