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Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 171 Posts	Posted 09/04/2023 5:41 pm Hi, m8s! Very corroded, but an interesting coin, I think :) It looks like a later counterstamp on a worn coin. Or is it my fantasy? Copper Diameter max 21.3 mm Weight 2.20 g Hole is from corrosion. Report this Post to the Staff

publius Pillar of the Community United States 807 Posts	Posted 09/04/2023 5:56 pm I'm far from sure that's a coin at all. Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24878 Posts	Posted 09/04/2023 6:45 pm It may have been a coin in a former life. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 09/04/2023 7:31 pm No metal normally used for coinage in ancient or mediaeval times would corrode all the way through like that. I'm reasonably sure that whatever it is or was, it wasn't a coin. 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
MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1563 Posts	Posted 09/04/2023 7:42 pm Looks a bit like a battered Victorian button. Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 807 Posts	Posted 09/05/2023 01:49 am MetDet71, the shape of the hole makes me think of a shank button with the shank torn out. Report this Post to the Staff
Anzelmas Valued Member Sweden 171 Posts	Posted 09/05/2023 04:13 am This is a coin 99% It was heavily affected by bronze disease. After the treatment in electrolysis bath the damaged parts were removed and the hole has formed. Report this Post to the Staff
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