Posted 07/25/2016 6:57 pm
The Danish 5 ore zinc coin, issued up to 1964, should weigh 6.4 grams. However, the eagle on the other side of this piece is the United Arab Republic eagle, as used on coins of Egypt and Syria in the 1960s. Neither member-state of the UAR issued zinc coins, so whatever this object is, it's not two coins that have been joined together. Nor is it some kind of weird mint error, as Denmark never struck coins for the UAR, nor did the UAR strike coins for Denmark.
I can only assume it's play money of some kind. Perhaps the steel plate was intended to try to get it to work in Danish vending machines, though if it's really steel then the plate would be magnetic and would get stopped by a vending machine's magnetic fake-detector.
I can only assume it's play money of some kind. Perhaps the steel plate was intended to try to get it to work in Danish vending machines, though if it's really steel then the plate would be magnetic and would get stopped by a vending machine's magnetic fake-detector.
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