Anybody have any idea what this thing is?

It looks like brass and is 30 mm in diameter with the same two characters on both sides. The edge is reeded like a coin and is die stuck. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks, Mike

 

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i cant see the other side

 

Looks like someone punched east Asian characters into a washer. Not a coin.

 

A token of some kind, perhaps as a gift.

 

Yea.. It's a washer that states
MADE IN CHINA

 

It's not a washer due to the reeded edge and the fact that it's too well made. Washers are made on a punchpress and have different looking sides. The characters are struck into it not just printed or engraved on it. I didn't think it was a coin but token or medal of some type. Anyway, thanks for your opinions.

 

I just posted my own thread on some Cash coins if anyone is interested or can help me out. Thanks.

 

Just as a background sir, but cash coins, like this one I believe is resembling, never had reeded edges. Just another indication this was probably not a coin but something else. It may very well have been mass produced for some reason, I just do not believe that reason was coinage.