Help with Georgian counter/token please

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Hi all,
Was hoping I could get an ID on this Georgian counter or token if possible. It was found while metal detecting in the South East of England.

Many thanks, Tom.
I didn't find any counter token with :
GEORGIUS.D.G.MAG.B.E.H.R
But I found a blog dedicated to token issued on behalf of George III with the mention :
"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE",
a sentence that, I bet, very few english people could understand ... Lets just guess the meaning of it :D

It means :

"honte à celui qui interprète comme répréhensible un acte à l'intention innocente mais aux conséquences ambiguës."
"Shame on one who interprets as reprehensible an act with an innocent intention but with ambiguous consequences"
Referee of south atlantic islands
It looks like an E but is an F letter ...
GEORGIVS D G MAG B F H R
Georgius Dei Gratia Magnae Britanniae Franciae [Et] Hyberniae Rex
George, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France [and] Ireland

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=viZ2oA7p1hwC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=%22GEORGIVS+D+G+MAG+B+F+H+R%22&source=bl&ots=z9UWx3H8Zx&sig=ACfU3U3MA_K360wZubOcFURM1qLGzxeO1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir3ZWVj7nqAhUEilwKHdLNAyUQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22GEORGIVS%20D%20G%20MAG%20B%20F%20H%20R%22&f=false

Medallic Illustrations of British History George I, no. 19
(Spink, 1969 reprint, Vol. II, p. 429). A medalet or counter.
Looks like may be DROT instead of DROIT on the reverse scroll - like the above link says.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
I did also notice ...

GEORGIVS D G MAG B F H R
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
DIEV ET MON DROT

and wondered why the middle line did not have QVI spelling?!
Probably the same carelessness of whomever got DROIT wrong.
:|
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Quote: "ZacUK"https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=viZ2oA7p1hwC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=%22GEORGIVS+D+G+MAG+B+F+H+R%22&source=bl&ots=z9UWx3H8Zx&sig=ACfU3U3MA_K360wZubOcFURM1qLGzxeO1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir3ZWVj7nqAhUEilwKHdLNAyUQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22GEORGIVS%20D%20G%20MAG%20B%20F%20H%20R%22&f=false


​I've never heard about this book
Catalogus thecae numismaticae Hesselianae, ...: quorum auctio fiet Amstelaedami
31 décembre 1746, Jansson-Waesberg

doubtless copyright free due to the age ...
Referee of south atlantic islands
Quote: "Frenchlover"​"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE",
a sentence that, I bet, very few english people could understand ... Lets just guess the meaning of it :D

​Don't underestimate the English people, and certainly not the English coin collectors. It's the motto of the Order of the Garter and this is depicted on several coins like this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5615.html, and the translation is often on the coin page.
That's so unusual to get such an English proverb with words in French :8D
Referee of south atlantic islands

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