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My dad has given me a load of American coins and this one was with them. All he knows is that he kept it because he thought it was old but knows nothing more about it.

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it looks excatly the same on both sides

Hi Joel.  Could it be a Token. The cross is interesting.  Praps PeterH might know.

Val

What's it made from? Pewter?

It could be Pewter. I am no expert on coins by far how do I tell if it's pewter ?

Edit* Had a look on the web and from what i read i would say Yes it's Pewter as it's a soft metal easily scratched with the finger nail and when cleaned has a very dull shine.

That's a bit different - what size is it?

the size of a 50p

Probably a token. Does look old and english.

Sorry Joel - struggling to track this one down.

No probs. Thanks Peter. I will say it's se sort of token and will do some research when I get back to Wales

hmmmmm......english?......more mexican reales me thinks ???

Nobby, you set off a train of thought.  Mexican  -  Spanish. Off I went to look for some. Have a look at coins-auctioned.com  Ancient Spanish, currently page 3.   There are one or two quite similar, all from Peru.

Just a thought. Is Joel in America at mo.??

Val

Yes I am ;)
I will be back Wednesday

I'll have to post on the American sites when I get back

It certainly looks as if Nobby and Val are on the money with their id's. Definitely looks the same family.
The obverse of the coin features a cross with the symbols for Castile and Leon

Well done, Nobby. Looks like you outsmarted the Doc.    ;D

The one I was looking at is Phillip V Cob 1/2 Real 1700 - 1724
Spanish colonial coinage for Peru.  It looks very similar. Hope it is something like this Joel. It's in such great condition, could be worth a bob or 2.

Dont you just love the idea of Spanish Gold. It is almost orgasmic. :o

Val

Hey Bob, he said Mexican. I had the flash of inspiration. ???

Val

i cant find a good enough one to make a positive id right now but time is limited on the net so not had a really good look.

I'm sure we'll sort out what it is soon enough. Just want to say Thanks to everyone that has helped or even tried to help.

i don't think it's a cob. They are all silver and i think this is pewter and it's quite a thick coin with the same pattern on both sides

Hi Joel. Hope youre not in the danger zone for Irene. Come back safe. ;)

I wondered about the metal, the thickness and most of all the 2 sided markings. Very curious. We'll be interested to know what you find out.

Val

Thanks Val, Irene is/was about 4 hours away from where I  and we didn't see anything from it. Just to add to the description of my coin/token it's about the thickness of a cartwheel penny and made of what I believe to be pewter. I will get this confirmed when I get back

Just got an answer from one of the American sites as to what this coin is. They have said

"your piece is a cast copy of a spanish cob treasure coin , if real it would of been made of silver and most likely just off struck from a set of dies and not so uniformed looking  from poured cast metal like pewter in a mould . it is a neat conversation piece though "

Hey Joel,  a bit of a dissapointment. Know how you feel. Still a nice coin anyway.

Val

Yup still nice for the collection. Not very old either I don't think. The bloke from the other forum is just guessing early 60's to 80's. Ah well. One day I guess