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Would Appreciate Any Help Determining If This Is A Coin Or Game Token. (Id: India Religious Token)

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It is non-metallic and weighs 11.5 grams. Diameter = 28.6mm. Thickness = 3.17mm.
Thanx for all help.

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You meant non-magnetic, right?
It looks like an Indian wedding token similar to this one: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...ia57183.html
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Yes, Hondo. Non Magnetic

Looks like you nailed it. Thank you. I have searched several coin ID sites with no success, but, that Indian Wedding token fits. I did think it was silver. Thanks again.
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It's not a "wedding token". There is an Iranian/Persian tradition of using tokens at weddings, but this token is from India and to the best of my knowledge they don't use them at weddings there.

It is one of a class of objects which Western numismatists call "temple tokens". This one is Islamic, and although Muslims don't have "temples", we still call these tokens that.

Hindus use their "temple tokens" as part of the household worship rituals during festivals. Muslims use their tokens as gifts to give people going on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, and more generally as amulets or blessing tokens. Orthodox Islam frowns upon using such tokens as "good luck charms", but token usage has a very strong tradition in India, and also in Southeast Asia.

On the obverse, we have an ornate square; inside the square is the Kalima, the Islamic statement of faith. Outside the square are the names of the First Four Caliphs, whom most Muslims regard as worthy successors of Mohammad. Thus, any Muslim a pilgrim is likely to encounter between India and Arabia is likely to agree with this symbol. On the reverse, we have a somewhat stylized depiction of the Mosque of the Prophet in Medina, Saudi Arabia - the ultimate destination of the Hajj pilgrims; the dome is the distinctive Green Dome.
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