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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hi People, I found these while roll hunting the other day, I tried looking online but I could not identify them. I am pretty sure the righting is Hindi, but my friend could not make out the full text. Any help would be great. Year, country if not India, and are these Copper or Gold? The weights are 4g each, these are about the size of a Canadian quarter but the thickness of a dime.     |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Hi Mods, I am not sure if this should be moved from this section
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Moderator
 United States
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Hi Mods, I am not sure if this should be moved from this section I moved to the Identification forum to see if that gets some attention. 
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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At that size, it is not gold. If yellowish in tone, could be brass.
The portrait does not look like one used on official issue coins, so I am guessing some kind of token or play money.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The Image is correct as I am very familiar with KG5 coinage from Canada I do agree I am not sure if this is a coin or a token, and the first looks to me to be clipped as well
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Australia
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Is it very thick? My impression is that it might be a "coin weight", privately-made, made of brass and used for testing the validity of a gold coin (with that portrait, probably a gold sovereign and/or British India 15 rupees). 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
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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its pretty thin, similar to a Canadian dime, I will measure it with a caliper tonight.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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If you compare the KGV portrait to an Indian Rupee coin you can see just how crudely it has been designed. It's likely some sort of token  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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so the dimensions are 24mm and 1.5~2mm thick
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Posted 03/12/2020 11:32 am
