Strange One-Sided Token From 1672 | Suriname 1679

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kfinegan New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 11/16/2009 12:48 pm Hi everyone, I'm a bit new to this, but working on a project cataloging various coins for sale on ebay. Most of them have been pretty straightforward, but there's one that's really got me stumped. It's a one-sided copper coin that appears to be dated ANNO 1672 (or possibly 1072, but the design looks too advanced for that.) Here's a picture: I posted this on another forum and one idea that was floated (no pun intended) was that it might relate to the Dutch "Year of Disasters," when they had to flood their dikes to fend off an invasion. Does anyone here have any familiarity with pieces like this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 11/16/2009 12:59 pm Could be a 1679 as well.. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 11/16/2009 4:59 pm The second digit can't be a "0", unless it was made well after that date. "Western-style" numbers weren't introduced into Europe until the 1200's, and weren't in common use on coins until the late 1500's. So the other side is completely blank? There's always the possibility that it's not a token, but rather a button or some similar artifact. Strange that a button would have a date on it like that, though. 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
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 03/07/2010 1:05 pm It' supposed to be a rare token from Suriname, dated 1679, blank reverse. Rulau# Sur3. Value listed as 'scarce', the more common variety with a tree reverse lists at $300 in VG. Report this Post to the Staff
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