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Valued Member
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Hi all, I hope this is the correct place for a question like this. I recently purchased this token/coin thing for the sheer novelty factor but I cannot find anything about it online. Does anyone have any idea where it came from? It is way too detailed and we'll executed to be a one off in my opinion and I don't think it was made to deceive collectors because of the novel design. This one has me scratching my head a little. Many thanks, Matt :) Edit: It is 23.055mm in diameter and 1.723mm thick.    *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by mcstone
04/02/2020 12:27 pm
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If this isn't a day-late April Fools joke using photoshop, then I bet this piece was manufactured in China.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Haha! No April fools here I'm afraid!
Thanks for the input :)
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Clearly not meant to deceive collectors since it's the size of a quarter. Pretty well done for a novelty piece!
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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That's what I was thinking, looks like a lot of effort went into making it!
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Thank you mods for moving me to the right place :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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could it be sized to fake a gold piece for the person jumpy about the gold buying frenzy with the TV ads and almost every pawn shop hyping gold. Thus the high quality of detail and finish.
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Pillar of the Community
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Possibly some casino token?
Decades ago - Silver dollar casinos were all the rage - I read somewhere about how some used silver dollars - mostly common Morgans and Peace ones, and they would file dates and mint marks and dates off to stop coin collectors.
That token is the size of a gold $5 coin, but much lighter. It could easily be from some long forgotten 50s, 60s or 70s casino.
Otherwise it could even be a brothel token!
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04/14/2020 04:30 am
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United Kingdom
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Oooh! Thanks for the input, I had no idea tokens like that existed. I'll start looking into it. Maybe I'll start with some research at the casino... I'll give the brothel a miss tho ;)
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