After looking through the 57 coins I got the other day, I found information on 50 of them, leaving these ...
1 1788 UK 20mm Georgius III (broken) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces13157.html
Same lettering as on that page, except does not have T·ET·E at end on reverse, so may be a contemporary forgery, or a different coin entirely. Certainly this is not a gold 1/2 Guinea!
2 ???? UK 24mm (damaged with raised rim both sides - error?)
Just a slug of metal, with coin images in centre. Maybe smaller dies used on larger blank, then discarded by the mint, or a forger? Lettering just visible around obverse rim GEORGIUS III
4 ???? 27mm Carola? [Possibly Italian States - Venice]
Obverse: Looks like a lion (may be 'Lion of St. Mark') facing left and holding a sword; lettering: ·SANCT·MARC·VEN· possibly; also underneath I think is * I I * where * is a flower.
Reverse: Central lettering CANDIA with stars and flowers around; lettering in exergue.
Also this is an error coin as obverse is tilted 45 degrees. Solved: (link in replies below) VENEZIA - MONETAZIONE PER CANDIA
Gazzetta da 2 Soldi, sigle M A S. Paol. 884
5 ???? 28mm cornucopia // standing figure
UK Conder Token probably. A cornucopia below a flying dove holding branch in beak, no lettering readable. Other side has standing figure (next to anchor) with right arm raised, lettering worn in places but may be PROSPERITY TO OLD ENGLAND. possibly. Solved: (link in replies below) Great Britain. Norfolk. Undated halfpenny. D&H-26e
6 1796 UK 28mm Half Penny token Inverness (holed)
UK Conder Token probably. Obverse may be a bunch of flowers tied with a ribbon, lettering INVERNESS HALFPENNY 1796. Reverse has large cornucopia with lettering not clear but may include FIDELITY on lower right. There is also (unreadable) edge lettering. Solved: (link in replies below) Scotland. Invernesshire. A rose and thistle united.
7 181? UK 28mm Conder Token - Patrie?; portrait right // Britannia
UK Conder Token probably. Obverse: portrait right with lettering VINCIT AMOR PATRIÆ and date may be 1811 or 1817 perhaps. Reverse: no lettering. Wreath containing seated Britannia, branch in raised right hand, trident sloping in left arm above Union Jack shield. Edge similar to security type. Solved: (link in replies below) Walshampton (Essex) 1/2 Penny #S.19-21
Obverse: Auguste Reverse: Britannia type à 16 glands 1811
All are probably copper, and are on https://en.numista.com/forum/topic12867.html where I added them 'Posted: 8-May-2013, 09:42PM' with a group photo of all 57 together. None are for sale or exchange, and looks like my fourth collecting 'theme' will now be Conder Tokens, after [1] error coins [2] beautiful coins [3] French medallions. Thanks for any help you can give.
Unfortunately I can´t manage to ID any fully without having my books with me but:
1 Looks to be a spade token, or a contemporary counterfeit.
4 Looks to be a coin from Venice (on the obverse I can also see the letters VEN on the right).
5,6 Conder tokens (not on Numista yet).
6 Not sure either Canadian provinces token or also a Conder token.
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Thanks both of you - one now solved and will look for others now.
Update: The VEN being Italian States - Venice may be correct as I have seen
descriptions of 'Lion of St. Mark' on some coins; also underneath I think is * I I * where * is a flower. The lettering could be SANCT·MARC·VEN on obverse. Still looking ...
Great !
Just #1 and #2 now to solve - though I think they are what was already suggested.
1 I am sure was meant to be a forgery from that time, and we are seeing it nowadays as it is, whereas around 1788 it may have had a gold coating. Not sure why, if it was meant as a contemporary forgery, that not all the lettering is on there.
2 Could indeed have been hit against other coins in a game; though would have needed some heavy hitting to raise the rim up all the way round (I forgot to mention the height of rim is 4mm in places). Maybe the poor coin was used as an apprentice piece where the coin was held in tongs (there are marks in the centre) and used with a steam hammer to squash edges like a rivet or similar.
But yes - I agree with the findings for the other five coins. Shame I found them in a junk bin for 7 pence (i.e. £0.07) as some of them fetched a lot of money in better condition at auction.
Thanks again, especially to monéphil but to all contributors.