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Title: id on this copper coin please
Post by: tony47 on September 25, 2016, 06:35:12 PM
can ianyone give me an id on this coin  token  please. looks to me like a Canada bank token but i canot find one with this date i can only find one as far back as 1850. found on fresh stuble with Macro racer2  set to 3 tone Gb  on tracking about 3" deep any help much appreciated. thanking you  in advance

(http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy210/oldfisher/DSC02544_zpsf659est6.jpg) (http://s792.photobucket.com/user/oldfisher/media/DSC02544_zpsf659est6.jpg.html)


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: dingdong on September 25, 2016, 06:40:33 PM
Well done on the find Tony,sorry can't help with ID...but it's great to see he name MACRO RACER 2.
Thought I was the only one on DW that uses a RACER,ive got the original RACER and I wouldn't replace it for all the tea in China..... BRILLIANT machines....👍


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: tony47 on September 25, 2016, 06:42:58 PM
Well done on the find Tony,sorry can't help with ID...but it's great to see he name MACRO RACER 2.
Thought I was the only one on DW that uses a RACER,ive got the original RACER and I wouldn't replace it for all the tea in China..... BRILLIANT machines....👍


not my find or my tector i posted it for the wife  her find and her tector


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: congerman on September 25, 2016, 06:44:49 PM
well done to your wife interesting find well searched


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: probono on September 25, 2016, 06:46:05 PM
It's probably a 'Cumberland Jack' see this link:-

http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Hanover%20Tokens.html (http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Hanover%20Tokens.html)


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: tony47 on September 25, 2016, 06:46:51 PM
got an id its a Victoria  to Hanover gaming token


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: Dungbeetle on September 25, 2016, 06:47:20 PM
Google " To Hanover " tokens Tony. Plenty of info about it there. I think that they are classed as gaming pieces.


Title: Re: id on this copper coin please
Post by: tony47 on September 25, 2016, 06:50:31 PM
It's probably a 'Cumberland Jack' see this link:-

[url]http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Hanover%20Tokens.html[/url] ([url]http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Hanover%20Tokens.html[/url])


thanks Probono we seem to have come to the same conclusion at the same time but thank you for youre reply


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