This Was In My Late Dad's Coin Collection (Id: Likely 20th Century Australia Cent Love Token)

"Hello. No sharp edges. The blank side has like a slight ghost coming through.
At the bottom of the neck is some tiny little mark."

Ok, here's what I think happened--my opinion. Since a die-struck coin would have a raised edge with square sides, I'm pretty certain the lettering around the portrait was ground off, the edges smoothed and the reverse polished. Even your photos impart the look of a polished coin.

As to the origin of the coin, what you said about the mark at the bottom of the neck suggests to me this was an Australian penny, either from 1942-43 and struck at the Bombay mint. I could be more definitive from sharper photos.

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I'm sorry I am taking pics on my mobile.

Those scans are a bit better, but not detailed enough to ascertain the actual process.
On the obverse, I'm seeing a beveled edge, and I don't think it came from the mint that way.
You might measure the coin. A Canadian cent from this era will be around 19mm, and a large penny should be around 30-31mm wide, depending on the amount of tooling.

Other than my guess it's either an Aus or UK Penny from around 1937-52 tooled to be a pocket piece, what do think it might be? You'll probably get some more feedback by posting in the Aus predecimal forum. Good luck!

"...All Australian half pennies, pennies"

Wow! You know, it's quite possible you have something valuable in there. PM me, and I'll send you a scan of AUS penny values. There are a number of nice pennies such as 1914, 1915, 1918, 1925, 1930 (very rare), 1946, etc. There are some very good halfpennies too, such as the 1915-H, 1923, 1939 roo, and a few others.

Hello. These are all in some funny order - not in date order. I will sort them and post in the next few days. Thankyou

Hello. No sentiments for the royals at all. I remember him showing me this about 15 years ago and laughing as he didn't know what it was. The problem is the blank reverse if you look under the microscope has a ghost. If that were tooled then how could that remain there in the centre and yet the back is still relatively level. There are no grind marks. There is one nick only in the side of the coin about at the top - the other is some dot type stain. Thankyou for your comment. Is this a common thing? I mean are the pictures of this type of thing around? Veronica