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British Token? Coin? Counterfeit? Please Help!

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This curiosity was in a lot of "old copper coins" that I purchased. Weight is 1.12 g; diameter = 7/8" (sorry, no caliper); thickness barely over 1 mm. Easily bent. Please help me figure out what it is. Thanks!
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I think they were used as gaming tokens etc.
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Thank you, Ironhorse - that's spot-on! You saved me many hours of flailing about.
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