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Coin, Token Or Washer? - Sweden 2 Ore? (Likely Tool Check Token)

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 Posted 03/12/2022  9:53 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add GBiscuits to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey all,

I picked this coin up in a random lot.

The 2x2 says its a "2 Ore Sweden Error Coin" - although I don't see how that's possible.

I haven't a clue - it could just be a token or washer... Thoughts?

Weight: 6.86g
Diameter: 25mm

What do you all think?

Thanks,
-GB


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 Posted 03/12/2022  11:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's not a coin, or anything to do with a coin. I'd guess the "Sweden 2 ore" connection comes about simply because Sweden issued some incuse-stamped 2 ore coins int he mid-1900s, though the design was completely different (they were much smaller, and not holed).

Exactly what it is I can't tell you. I'd class it as a "token", though what purpose it had is unknown. I can offer one suggestion: pieces such as this were often used as "tool checks" in mines and factories. The theory behind a tool check is this: the company maintains a key-board filled with tokens, one token for each of the communal tools, each token with a unique number that corresponds to one specific tool.There's a second board with each employee's name on it. When a worker borrows one of the communal tools to use on the job that day, they take the token for that tool off the first board and put it on the second board under their name. That way, if a tool goes missing or someone else needs that tool in a hurry, the company knows who used the tool last.

This is all in the pre-computer era, of course; these days, they'd use GPS trackers and spreadsheets to do the same job.
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 Posted 03/29/2022  12:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GBiscuits to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Sap,

Thanks for the info , sorry for the delayed response. Very interesting and helpful!

-GB
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