Unusual Argentina Coin For Identification

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Abel3 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 4:34 pm I hope the bright folk here can help me identify and explain this unusual specimen (see my notes below image) Out of my area of expertise. Text states Republica Argentina. Appearance similar to 181x or so coins with the fine parallel lines in the central oval (although these don't say Republica Argentina and have the value and date on this same side). The reverse side is an impressed mirror image strike of the other side (perhaps the previous struck coin was retained in the press at the same time as this planchet?). The edge (not shown) has a fairly uniform pattern across the coin, perhaps not what I would perhaps expect from an obstructed half strike. I don't have a balance sufficiently precise to weigh. Any thoughts much appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff

fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 4:55 pm I'm not touchin this one. There's a couple examples of Arg. pieces w/2 rev;etc. on ebay. Here's one, a 2006. 13 bids & closed around $250, I think. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 5:13 pm Hello and welcome. Hope we can help. The design looks too crude to be that of a genuine Argentine coin. The E in "Argentina", for example, is dropped quite a bit below the line o the other letters. But I have a couple of questions. Do the obverse and mirror-image reverse line up exactly, or is the reverse at about 120 degrees, as you've depicted? What's the thickness and diameter? I'm thinking, if it's thin, and the obverse and reverse are actually aligned, then it's a pressed badge of some kind. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Abel3 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 12/16/2012 5:31 pm Many thanks for the incredibly rapid responses. Yes the two sides are pretty much exactly aligned (I rotated when photographing). About half the thickness of a UK silver thruppence (perhaps 0.6mm thick) and exactly the same diameter as a thruppence. It was in an old collection that hasn't been touched for 50 years or so. Possibly a little badge-like, but not very convincingly so. Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 12/17/2012 04:18 am If this is a badge there should be, or should have been, some method of attaching it to whatever it was worn on. I would expect some kind of mark on the reverse at the top, centre, or two marks at the 3 and 9 o'clock positions towards the edge, where the mount had broken off. I dont see any such marks, but it might just be me. Are there any marks around the edge which suggest a mount? Report this Post to the Staff
Abel3 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 12/17/2012 07:13 am Many thanks again. No, there is nothing indicating any prior attachments. Although it is thinner than an average coin, I don't think it is possible for the reverse details to have been produced simply from a pattern strike on one side, and certainly the fine details (such as the interior parallel grid) would not have punched through. Therefore I think it must have been struck against another positive (a retained prior strike preventing the rear strike?) Report this Post to the Staff
Roderick New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 12/29/2012 03:24 am Could this be not a coin at all but rather the center of a low quality mass produced uniform button? Report this Post to the Staff
Gascoin New Member Argentina 9 Posts	Posted 01/14/2015 02:44 am Abel, it´s not a coin, maybe a private token or medal but never an official coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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