Help Identifying Coin

Hi Laura; it's not easy to identify anything in such a poor condition. It doesn't look like any British coin that I know of but the fleur-de-lis (if that is what it is, or a fern pattern) on one side is at least visible.

It could be a token rather than a coin of the realm, many were made over the past couple of centuries and many look like coins. Indeed some were made to look like coins to deceive.

Unless someone actually recognises the details you may never be able to identify it.

There is a site that has illustrations of tokens; it may pay to trawl through all the pictures...
http://www.coinsandstamps.com/forei...louceste.htm

Good luck with the search; do let us know if you find it.

Mike.

Angelo (meaning Angel) was used on tokens and coins and carried on the person as a kind of protection.
In fact you can still but Angel coins. I should imagine that there are dozens of designs so it may be difficult to track down.
Mike.