Question About Unusual Coinage Materials/Post Your Unusual Materials Coins!

Really cool thread here
Here is an unusual one, brass clad cardboard and you can find this one on Numista N#34636...

French brothel token, my only one I have seen. Other research seems to indicate that this token was issued in the 1910s era, as this brothel was in operation from 1906-1946.

Oh yeah, slightly rotated dies, and has a reverse rim Cud at bottom...

Very very cool, mrwhatisit! I need to get one of those for my French exonumia collection!
This composition is generally called "shell card" or "shellcard" - a thin veneer of metal filled by cardboard or something even flimsier (wool, felt, or even sawdust). I picked up my first of this composition very recently, and it's possibly also from a French brothel.

Very nice!

Didn't find the story to which you refer, nautilator, but I did find this article about the restoration of Aux Belles Poules. It's very impressive and quite beautiful.
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/f...storic-paris

Now speaking of "shell cards"... these are chocolate coins from the NY World Fair of 1939.






Lineup of Litson Gove, KS leather tokens.




Lineup of Gaia, Spain porcelain tokens. There are several varieties of these and they are fairly easy to find.



Wah Chang zirconium samples, anodized in four different colors.



Canadian municipal trade tokens were often each issued in a variety of metals. These here are all made of lead, the kind that's soft enough to bend with your hands. All lead issues are quite rare, with the 'common' ones having mintages of 50.

And if you would believe it, the one in the middle of this picture is prooflike! I can only show it so much in the picture, here's a closer look to try and get it a bit better.

Very interesting nautilator!

Great examples, nautilator!

Excellent pair!