Posted 06/27/2012 8:28 pm
I have seen blank tokens made for use in military canteens in the Vietnam era; though these usually have at least a rimmed edge, I have one of Vietnam provenance that does not.
Unless you have provenance or know a backstory to go with it (like, "my father brought it home with him from Vietnam"), I'm afraid objects like this might have to remain a mystery, since there's no marking on it of any kind to help identify it.
There's no law against making blank metal disks that are roughly the same size and weight as coins. The Secret Service can't afford to put agents in every metal shop in the country. It's only illegal to fraudulently attempt to use them as coins.
Unless you have provenance or know a backstory to go with it (like, "my father brought it home with him from Vietnam"), I'm afraid objects like this might have to remain a mystery, since there's no marking on it of any kind to help identify it.
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Sounds reasonable to me but why would the government allow a punch out to be the same size and weight as a nickel?
Sounds reasonable to me but why would the government allow a punch out to be the same size and weight as a nickel?
There's no law against making blank metal disks that are roughly the same size and weight as coins. The Secret Service can't afford to put agents in every metal shop in the country. It's only illegal to fraudulently attempt to use them as coins.
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