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Old Mercury Jeton , Thoughts?

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 Posted 01/08/2017  9:21 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Wade to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Mercury holding Caduceus + Bust facing right.

The auction incorrectly listed it as a Columbia Farthing, but the motif's are pretty far off for that series - not to mention this was obviously struck without a collar.

My best guess is a really old jeton, but if anyone else has any insight I would love to hear all opinions.

thank you in advance

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Sorry, but no, not ancient. I was tempted to say it's a modern fantasy, but not entirely sure what it is...here's some speculation (we've seen it here before):

See: http://goccf.com/t/266201&SearchTerms=caduceus
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01/08/2017 9:32 pm
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Just spotted the following at http://www.swedishcoppers.com/CoinTypes.html

The OP coin at least seems to be referencing this.

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