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United States
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This Looks like a Middle Eastern Token. Any help would be appreciated. Material: Copper or Bronze OBV: Bust facing right with Arabian TEXT REV: Ship with Sails (No Text on REV) Approx. OD: .989 Weight 7 grams Reeded Edge Thickness about almost the same as a US quarter    |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Austria
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This must be a medal, not a coin.
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 Australia
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We have seen these numerous times on the forum, though a quick search didn;t show up any of the old threads. It's definitely not a coin, but exactly what it is, is unknown. At least, I don't recall anyone coming up with a definitive answer. Nor is it from the middle east; the "Arabic" inscriptions are just gibberish. My best guess is that it's a " Magician's coin". 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
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New Member
 United States
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Sap , it appears to be a very modern contemporary type of TOKEN, I had wondered if possibly a amusement token since almost same size of US quarter. It is just very odd.
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Australia
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It might be, though with that odd milled edge it wouldn't go through a coin slot very cleanly.
The other option is that it's some kind of board game prop piece, though such pieces almost always have some kind of mark indicating the board game or the manufacturer.
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
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Russian Federation
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Same thing as in this thread (and the two threads it linked to). IIRC we still don't have a definite ID today. |
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United States
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Thanks for all the info and thanks for that thread, january1may, it appears that this same token has already addressed before. I found it in 40 lbs of non-silver foreign bulk ,that I had purchased at a coin shop in Wichita,KS. last fall.
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