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Need Help Identifying (Id: Likely "Prop Money")

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Hi. New here. Can anyone help identify this?
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Does it have another side?
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Unfortunately it's identical. That's why I'm thinking it's nothing of value but want to make sure
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Can you weigh this coin ple ASE
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Is that writing on the right side? If so is any of it legible?
To me, it seems like a crude token in the style of a Greek drachma.
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It weighs 4grams or 0.1oz (I only have a kitchen scale so please forgive the method). There's not any writing on it. I agree that it looks like it should
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Only thing I come across was that it had similarity with ancient greek coins, didn't see this coin there thou.
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It's certainly not a genuine coin, and with a very cartoony portrait and just nonsense dots and dashes where actual words ought to be, it's probably not a "token" in the usual sense of that word.

What I think you have here is "prop money" - tokens made for the theatre, for throwing about on stage. They don't need to have fine details because nobody in the audience can see them up close, and if one gets lost during the show you don't want anybody picking it up after the show and confusing them with a genuine coin or accusing the theatre of counterfeiting. But it is important for good theatre immersion that they "ring" like a real coin when dropped, hence the "realistic" coin-like shape, made of solid metal (not cheap plastic or aluminium) and with the thick rim.

Coins used in TV and movies tend to be more detailed, because they tend to be seen in close-ups, so they will often use genuine coins, or realistic replicas.
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