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Ancient Chinese Coinage ?

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 Posted 05/28/2018  7:14 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add hertzyinmn to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi, I was wondering any thoughts on this piece.It is roughly an inch diameter. Very odd with Crescent moon shapes in the center , It appears to have a calcification .Any Ideas .on this ? I am unsure of any inscriptions of any kind as I was unsure as to cleaning it. Maybe nothing idk
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 Posted 05/28/2018  8:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a bale seal to me.
What metal is it made of?
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 Posted 05/28/2018  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hertzyinmn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It appears to be silver under neath , But maybe a lead mixture , I dont know .Im going to test it
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 Posted 05/28/2018  8:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hertzyinmn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
it is not silver I would bet a lead type mix with tin or copper
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 Posted 05/28/2018  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not a coin, but rather a curtain weight. We see these occasionally at CCF. Here is a link to a prior thread:

http://goccf.com/t/302982
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 Posted 05/28/2018  10:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That cross member is for sewing it in place, like a button.
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 Posted 05/29/2018  12:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
These show up here from time to time, Not a coin at all and surly not ancient. Sorry.
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 Posted 05/29/2018  09:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hertzyinmn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah I believe it is a button of some sort. Must be old. Ok well we got that solved.Thanks
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