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Nemesis135 New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 06/30/2019 5:39 pm First off, I am not a coin collector and know very little about coins. They have not been of interest to me...until now. My 9 year old son was playing outside and found a coin. It is obviously not a U.S. coin, nor any coin that I am familiar with. It appears to be old. I am not sure what it is. I tried uploading images to image searching databases, and downloading apps to try and identify it. Alas, nothing has turned up that looks close. So, I have uploaded some pictures of the coin (if it even is a coin!) to this forum and I humbly ask for anyone's help in identifying this coin! I love puzzles and mysteries, but not ones that I cannot solve! Thanks. -Nemesis135 Report this Post to the Staff

Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 06/30/2019 5:55 pm A fake widows mite coin like these.. Edited by Palouche 06/30/2019 6:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/30/2019 8:38 pm to CCF and I agree,fake. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Albert Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 06/30/2019 9:38 pm Yours is a very common replica of a Biblical Coin. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188560 Posts	Posted 07/01/2019 12:00 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16830 Posts	Posted 07/01/2019 10:15 pm Correct; it's a replica "widow's mite". These items are mass-produced and sold in bulk by religious supplies stores, so that pastors and sunday school teachers can give everybody one. Of course, long after the bible lesson is over, the "coins" remain, until they eventually get found by someone who has no knowledge of their original context. As such, they are a very common source of confusion here on the forums; we see up to half a dozen or so of them per year. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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