Stamped Uniface Jockey Club Token/Medal Help ID

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b2v New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 4:08 pm This was part of a collection I acquired originating out of Chicago that had tokens and medals from the US and Europe, some 19th and 18th century items. Researching this, I'm finding a lot of repetitive information on a few Jockey Club tokens and medals. Spinning my wheels at this point and and being bit of a newer collector, not knowing all the right resources to use, I was hoping to get some help with either identifying it or suggesting the right resource to be using. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 4:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
b2v New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 4:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 4:46 pm 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
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 4:47 pm @b2v, first welcome to CCF. Second, that is an interesting piece. I'm not seeing anything remotely similar over at tokencatalog.com. I know you say that this is uniface, but could you please upload a pic of the back? I'm interested to see how "finished" it looks--is it just bear pot metal or similarly antiqued as the front. Rather than being a token, I wonder if it wasn't a medallion or adornment removed from a larger piece. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
b2v New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 5:01 pm Thank you for the warm welcomes and referenced token site. I am excited to have come across this forum. Please see attached @John1 Report this Post to the Staff
b2v New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 6:12 pm Sorry@Spence I meant to address you in the reply. My oversight, and having re-read your post, though it was much the tone as photographed, the other night I placed it in an ultrasonic cleaner with water and dawn platinum to remove some caked-on earth on the rear. It didn't change the finish at all. Possibly a medal detecting find Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 11:30 pm The technical terms for when an item where the reverse is a mirror-image-incuse copy of the obverse design is "bracteate", if it was intentional , or "brockage" if it was done in error. Given how thin it is, I would assume this item is a bracteate, rather than a brockage. Being bracteate, I would also assume it to be a badge or medal of some kind, rather than a token. 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
b2v New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 01/16/2024 11:43 pm I appreciate the shared nomenclature insight @Sap. Ty. I see Jockey Club medals are items that are collected, I don't see nearly as many tokens as I search. For either, does anyone know a good resource that might catalogue either of the two? I'm trying to figure out where and when, since there is nothing other than Jockey Club referenced on it. Report this Post to the Staff
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