One Sided Old Coin - A Bit Damaged - Help Please

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chocdates New Member Australia 9 Posts	Posted 02/06/2022 11:29 pm Hello everyone, thank you so much for letting me join this forum. I apologise if the attached image of this coin is obvious but I have spent the last 2 hours scouring the internet to see if I could find this same coin. I can't seem to find a coin with 7 stars and a woman's head. Just wondering if someone could enlighten me. The coin is light and only weighs 2.28grams and feels smooth on the back. I've had it tucked away for over 40 years. Many thanks, Lea Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 04:18 am . I do not think it is a coin at all. Token or medal made into jewelry, tie tack maybe? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17905 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 04:21 am Quote: Token or medal made into jewelry, tie tack maybe? The design looks a little like the Liberty Head on early US gold coins - maybe it was originally gilded and mounted on a piece of costume jewelry. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 09:27 am Just deliberatey ground down Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187881 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 10:26 am 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
chocdates New Member Australia 9 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 1:59 pm Thank you for your replies. I've had it for over 40 years. Were they making jewellery like this back in the seventies? Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a tie back? Also, if it was a coin at some stage, I can't seem to find a liberty head with only seven stars anywhere on the net. I've looked at so many liberty heads :) Just curious as to what it is. Many thanks, Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12258 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 2:21 pm Quote: Were they making jewellery like this back in the seventies? Coin jewelry has been around for well over 100 years, examples can be found dating to the 1800s. A piece from the 1970s is not significantly unusual. Quote: Also, if it was a coin at some stage, I can't seem to find a liberty head with only seven stars anywhere on the net. I've looked at so many liberty heads :) Just curious as to what it is. I don't believe it was ever a true coin, i.e., a piece authorized and issued by a Government as money. It appears to be a privately-struck token/medalet. The bent piece of metal at the top of the piece suggests to me that It might have once hung from a ribbon/cord/chain. It also appears to have rim damage in multiple places. Such damage is often the result of being mounted on a piece jewelry/in a bezel. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 5:21 pm Certainly a "costume jewellery replica", and not an actual coin. Whoever made it, made it specifically for mounting into jewellery, since they've only made it one-sided. With those stars around the portrait, the design is perhaps supposed to resemble an American gold coin, like this one. Or perhaps it's supposed to be Queen Victoria, as she appears here on half-sovereigns, and the stars are just substitutes for letters. Remember, as costume jewellery, you aren't supposed to look at it too closely. It only needs to have an "at first glance" resemblance to a gold coin, and it would have looked much more "gold coin like" when the gilding was still intact. 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
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 02/07/2022 6:00 pm To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
chocdates New Member Australia 9 Posts	Posted 02/09/2022 4:54 pm thanks so much everyone, interesting Report this Post to the Staff
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