Possible Medallion/Token With Old Queen Victoria Facing Right (Id: Likely Jewlery)

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Blumat New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 01:45 am I have something that looks like a small medallion or token with old Queen Victoria but she's facing right. All the other ones I've ever seen were facing left. Reverse is completely flat and blank. Anyone seen this before? Edited by Blumat 02/12/2024 01:47 am Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 01:53 am @blu can you please measure and add both the diameter and weight of this piece to the thread? Thx. "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
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24980 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 02:08 am Also, does the top of your item show any disturbance, as if a loop had been removed? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 03:41 am The text shows an interesting difference from that on the Victoria bronze penny. Here we have what appears to be "BRITE" instead of "BRITT". Anyone got any thoughts on this? Also, does the reverse show any signs of having once been fixed to something? Edited by Anaximander 02/12/2024 03:45 am Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17896 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 07:30 am Interesting. I imagine it was made for a cheap piece of jewellery, for example, for children dressing up. Maybe blundered legend and reversed portrait were deliberately done to avoid the maker being accused of forgery. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Edited by NumisRob 02/12/2024 07:32 am Report this Post to the Staff
Blumat New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 02/12/2024 2:26 pm Apologies for delay in responding, here are approx measurements: 24mm diameter, 1mm thickness, 6g weight. There's a tiny bit of schmutz on the back that might be old glue, and a small part of the edge right above the head does seem a bit flat, so perhaps there was a fastener or loop removed. Thanks for the comments everyone, seems like this might have been jewelry after all, and yes the deviances between this and, say, a 1 shilling coin may have been deliberate to prevent it from being used as legal tender. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/21/2024 6:54 pm Sheesh. You'd think whomever made this token had never actually read the legends on a Victorian coin, or seen her image. The addition of IND IMP would put this late in Victoria's reign, but the bust is definitely NOT Victoria unless HM The Queen lost a few stone (quite an impressive diet?) Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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