Has anyone seen anything like this? The diameter is exactly correct (18 mm) but the weight is not surprisingly low -- 2.72 g. It is exactly 1 mm thick. It's been scraped pretty heavily and does have a bit of pale yellow to it suggesting it may have been plated at one point.
The design is not quite right for a 2.50. It tests as a 90% silver pre-1900 coin, which makes me wonder if a foreign silver coin was coined into this.
Looks like a very well worn "Contemporary Counterfeit" of that timeframe or a bit later. The design doesn't look too far off to me but, it's difficult to tell because she's so worn and flattened. Interesting!
I would not call this coin a 'counterfeit'. To me, this coin is a silver copy, (not very accurate), where no attempt has been made to deceive. This coin would never run foul of the Law.
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