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Does anyone recognize this? Its A young head, but does not look to me like THE young head used on coinage. All thoughts welcome.   |
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No coin but a token/counter. used as play money. It dates from about 1840-1870
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Australia
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What is the weight?
There were lots of very minor differences in the young Head design on both coins and medals of Great Britain and her colonies, that was originally produced by William Wyon.
This medal could be copper, not bronze, but difficult to be sure with they way both pure copper and bronze can patinate.
The reverse design suggests to me that may be for India.
Edited by sel_69l
06/05/2020 08:22 am
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 United States
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Its 22mm. I don't have good scales but its just a few grams. India is an interesting suggestion, but wouldn't it almost certainly have "ET IMP. IND." as part of the obverse inscription, if intended for India?
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United Kingdom
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No coin but a token/counter. used as play money. It dates from about 1840-1870  Not an official coin from any country. The portrait is loosely based on Wyon's Young Head. These are quite collectable - I'm sure someone will know more about it. Edited by NumisRob
06/05/2020 03:37 am
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Australia
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Indian Victorian coins are "EMPRESS", maybe irrelevant anyway, because maybe a medal.
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 Canada
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Gaming token, spiel marke , as stated .They appear in many metals , brass , bronze , copper , aluminum,
Pot metal etc . Surprisingly many were made in Germany . A major designer was Lauer .
These are found with many reverse designs coupled with a Young head of Victoria Obverse .
Literally hundreds of different ones for sale on the Bay!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Indian Victorian coins are "EMPRESS", maybe irrelevant anyway.
Edited by sel_69l
06/05/2020 09:30 am
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United States
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Thank you to all who replied.
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United Kingdom
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It is a Victorian card counter and is part of a set. Others are the two of spades and the four of spades; the latter having two varieties.    They are all the same size, c.22.7mm, despite the pictures being different sizes. No doubt there is one with the ace of spades. The obverse was used with a trade token issued by Nissen & Parker of London and that was issued sometime in the 1840s to 1850s. |
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Edited by Kushanshah
06/08/2020 3:39 pm
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United States
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I don't seem to get email notifications anymore when posts are made to my topics, so I had not seen the preceding two posts when I came here to post what I had found, which is what was already posted here.   |
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Thanks once more to all who replied. I'm rarely able to stump this community.
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