I have acquired this small brass? coin, or could be a token or coin weight. Tried Google lens, but closest is some old Russian coin. It weighs about 7.85 grams, is 22.5mm diameter and 2.5mm thick. TIA.



» Snelle toegang tot het laatste bericht
This also has D G letters
but is different from yours.
Think it means 5D : 3G whatever that could be,
and so is not someone's initials seemingly.
Different: N#60153
and more information of letters.
So it becomes now 5Dwt : 3Gr but not yet sure of meaning.
Dwt is pennyweight. It is 1/20 Troy ounce.
It is for a Guinea denomination coin.
https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ceejays_site/pages/Coinweight2.htm
Quote:
Summary of the 1774 Proclamation
Guineas coined prior to the commencement of the reign of the King (i.e. before 1760) [Yours is 1750]
Coin Value Weight
One guinea 20s 0d 5dwt 3gr
Just seen reply while I was making that - yes, pennyweight. Thanks
Thank you for the replies. Taking a bit from both of your replies, I am thinking that the lettering reads downwards, i.e. 5D (5 pennyweight which equates to about 7.75 grams, and G3 for George III, I think the date is 1760 with a weakly struck 6, so a coin weight. On second thoughts, it could be 5.3 pennyweight which would be nearer the weight of a Guinea, but then, what is D G?

trickyd
, but then, what is D G?
Already answered - D is Penny, as in Pennyweight (from L S D - Pounds Shillings Pence)
and 3 G is 3 Gr but not 3 Grammes but 3 Grains.
Earlier reply: 5dwt 3gr
Each 1 Pennyweight = 24 Grains
https://www.lbma.org.uk/wonders-of-gold/items/the-pennyweight
so 5 and 3/24 Pennyweight= 1 Guinea before 1770 date.
See previous replies.
OK, thanks. So I now know it's a coin weight, but going by the 5 and 3 being dwt and gr I get a weight of approximately 7.9 grams, about the weight of the item, but nowhere near the weight of a Guinea, so what gives? 5.3 dwt is about 8.24 g, which is much closer to the weight of 1 Guinea. This numismatic thing isn't easy, but it is interesting.
It does say in one of the links that over time the weight of the Guinea changed.
So in 1750 that was the correct weight. It got heavier a few years later.
I'm a little confused, too. Every Guinea (in the Numista catalog) is 8.4 grams. 5D:3G = 7.97 grams. Maybe the standard weight for 1 Sovereign instead?
Isn't a Guinea 21 Shillings?
Edit: I see this table from your link:

What I don't understand is why the weight of all Guineas in the Numista catalog is 8.4 grams.
Maybe that is the equivalent weight of the last time the denomination changed.
In that chart there are four values and so four weights.
20s 0d / 20s 6d / 20s 10d / 21s 0d
5d 3g / 5d 6g / 5d 8g / 5d 9g
I'm sure there's a logical explanation but I'm still confused. Every Guinea in Numista has a weight of 5D:9G (8.4 grams) regardless of the date it was made. So there's no increase in weight from before 1760 to “New Coins.”
Similar, dated ten years later
https://www.galata.co.uk/ireland-j-warren-coin-weight-for-a-half-guinea-1760
The D is for Penny [Denarii]
The G is for Grains - the J is a 1 so is 13.½ Grains
= 2 Pennyweight 13.5 Grains
Later in 1772 the weight [½ Guinea] increased to 2D 16G
Gebruikte tijdzone is UCT+2:00.
Huidige tijd is 20:51.