Imitation Guinea gaming counter & advertising piece, Edinburgh, ND(circa 1890), obverse; GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA., laureate bust of George III right, reverse; THEY COME AS A BOON AND A BLESSING TO MEN / MACNIVEN & CAMERON'S PENS ARE THE BEST in two curved lines around crowned spade-shaped shield inscribed 100 WORDS / ONE DIP / THE / FLYING / 'J' / PEN in six lines, grained edge, 25mm, brass, pierced, Neilson & Warburton #8090, VF+, surface corrosion to obverse dies.
Reference; W. Bryce Neilson & Martin R. Warburton; A Thousand Guineas +PLUS+, a checklist of imitation guineas and their fractions. Galata, 2013
