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What Is This? A Mexican Metal Seal?

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 Posted 07/28/2017  02:43 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add nautilator to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I got this from someone in Texas, who couldn't tell me anything about where it came from. It's got the overall shape and appearance of a pressed wax seal, and yet it's metal. The crude eagle/snake picture suggests Mexico, but beyond that, I can't guess anything.

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 Posted 07/29/2017  08:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petrus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
perhaps a button?
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@nautilator, you mention that it is metal and it looks copper colored in your pics. Could it be lead or is it a copper alloy?
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It doesn't have the heft to be lead. My guess would be copper. It weighs 2.0 g.

(Also, I don't think it's a button because there are no holes on it.)
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