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Another strange one, Does anyone know or recognise the outer wreath from another coin? Or is this a medal/token for engraving. The coin is heavy and hard like a coin, rather than the lighter metal found in medals.  |
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Can't make out the letters on the coin/token/medal? John1  |
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What does the other side look like?
size, weight?
Edited by amida17
01/12/2013 6:33 pm
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It's a stock design for a British machine token.
What size is it?
Edited by andyg
01/12/2013 8:01 pm
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OK;
There are no letters in the middle of the coin/token, it is completely blank.
The other side is identical to the one shown;
It is 23mm in diameter and weighs just under 4g
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There are letters at the 3-4 o'clock position by the rim. John1 |
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So there are!! I never saw them, I'll post up presently
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On one side it appears to read BANCO - does that ring a bell with anyone?
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Yesterday I bought a batch of coins from a friend's antique shop. Among them was a coin blank just similar to yours, Paul. Except mine doesn't have any lettering at the 4 o'clock position. But 'A A' stamped inside the laurel wreath (see photo). My friend was as baffled as me!  Edited by Alex Lockwood
05/01/2015 02:21 am
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Just in case others don't notice it, this thread has been bumped from 2013... so please don't reply to the earlier posts. The OP hasn't been on the forum for months.
As for the identity of the object in question, these pieces are "generic" tokens, sold by the people that make slot machines and other token-operated devices for use by people who don't want to go to the expense of having their own personalized tokens made for them - or by people who are engaging in not-entirely-legal activities with such machines and who do not wish to advertise themselves via tokens. The "AA" stamped into the one just recently posted is probably an attempt at making a personalized token "on the cheap" using just a metal punch.
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