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Mystery Coin/Token - Circular Punch With Two Crossbars

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Same batch as the other two, but much more enigmatic!

Mystery-Coin/Token---Circular-Punch-With-Two-Crossbars

Mystery-Coin/Token---Circular-Punch-With-Two-Crossbars

Appears to be bronze, showing some oxidation/verdigris. Definitely struck from the rear with a punch; reverse is incuse. No discernible writing of any kind. Paper thin.

15mm
0.49g
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Found a match for the symbol on a supposedly 13th century Egyptian Mamluk dynasty coin:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/371505884683?_mwBanner=1

Anyone happen to know what this symbol means in connection to that dynasty or Islam as a whole?

At this time, I have two theories:

1) Coin is a contemporary counterfeit, made by stacking a genuine coin on top of a metal disk and giving the real coin a good whack with a hammer.

2) Token or keepsake of whatever the circle symbol means.
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