Help Needed To Identify Coin, Only 1 Good Side. (Id: Likely 3 Dram Apothecary Weight)

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docmartens New Member Australia 8 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 11:16 am Hi, I'm new here, I have found a silver coloured coin in a mix of world coins, 16mm across, one side worn completely smooth, and a "3" inside a border pattern on the other side. Pic attached. Hope someone can help. Thanks all Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 12:56 pm Not one I have seen before Any way we could get a pic or scan of the other side regardless of how bad the picture might be Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 7:13 pm The typography of the figure 3 has some similarities to Victorian/Edwardian threepeeny pieces. And 16mm is a size match for a silver 3d. British Empire perhaps? Report this Post to the Staff
docmartens New Member Australia 8 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 9:21 pm Thanks, I also thought British because of the 3 and the size is similar to threepences, but can't find any resemblance to the border pattern. The Obverse side is seriously just smooth bare metal. I scanned it, but do not know how to post a pic on a Reply. No green camera icon? Didn't want to open a new topic to post the pic. My other thought was Scandinavian. Anyone out there have one of these? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 10:40 pm Quote: I scanned it, but do not know how to post a pic on a Reply. No green camera icon? Didn't want to open a new topic to post the pic. Click on the "Reply to Topic" link in the top right of the screen, instead of typing in the Quick Reply box. The screen that opens up when you do that is the same as the "New Topic" screen, with the green camera icon, smilie box and everything. As for your item, it's not a coin. Exactly what it is, however, I'm not sure. Options that I can think of are: - a counterfeit, designed to look like a British threepence in dim light. - play money - 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
docmartens New Member Australia 8 Posts	Posted 02/28/2010 11:48 pm Thanks Sap, here's the other side. Suppose it could be a token of some kind, although most of the old English tokens that I have seen generally have writing. It is definitely metal, either silver or nickel, but not aluminium. I'll keep searching, I'll check the search lists for tokens. Cheers doc Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2874 Posts	Posted 03/01/2010 02:55 am I think it must be a token of some kind rather than a coin. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/02/2010 6:20 pm I'm wondering about an apothecary weight. Three dram weights tend to be rather common and often get mistaken for three pence tokens. Report this Post to the Staff
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