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Unidentified Tokens - Help Please

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Hi,

Can I please have some assistance in identifying these two coins/tokens

Thanks

Unidentified-Tokens---Help-Please

Unidentified-Tokens---Help-Please
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The small one is most likely from Ireland with the Brittania and harp reverse.
With a clearer picture the legend on the large one should be legible which would help in identifying it. From the looks it might very well be an 18th century Penny British token.
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Left coin:
http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/DH...068.008.html

Looks like part of it has been ground away to make it smaller.
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Thanks all - Very helpful
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A little bit more info if you are interested--both coins that you have are privately issued tokens from around the turn of the 19th century--There was a shortage of copper coins that affected the outer reaches of the UK particularly. Hundreds of private companies stepped in to fill the demand, particularly in mining towns such as Cronebane. None of these are especially valuable regardless of rarity, as they are not official issues per se.

I would take a closer look at your Blaze/HIberia coin--most likely it is damaged extensively, but there is a possibility that you have an error--perhaps a case of someone feeding a farthing planchet through the machine to strike half-pennies. If this is a genuine wrong planchet "error" it might fetch a small premium to a collector of Conder tokens. Edge lettering would be a good diagnostic to check for.
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