Please share your expertise on what you think about this coin. I'm not so sure since the back is blank or very damaged. Thank you!
It looks like a uniface casting... possibly a sand casting. It is a good idea to also post the diameter, weight, and how you acquired the coin or object. It helps members give a more considered opinion.
I had posted it in the "What's it worth" category with a handful of other coins and was referred to post it in here for your expertise. I bought a van in an auction and found them in a compartment is how I acquired it. It weighs 8.35g and here is a pic of the group of coins I found all together..along with a 1982 penny I threw in for size comparison. Thank you for your time!
Considering how and with what else it was acquired, along with the fact that the obverse is in very nice shape but the reverse is blank, I'd agree that it is a cast copy.
A perfectly round flan with nothing on the reverse, and no meaningful indication that there ever was anything on the reverse, makes me wonder if it were not a modern copy used for jewelry or something like that. But as anyone can tell you, one can only tell so much from photographs. I just wouldn’t buy that vacation home in the Hamptons just yet.
Also agree that it looks like a cast. In particular, the blank reverse does not look like it ever went through a coinage process.
Looks to be from a "Coins from the Bible" set or plaque. Definitely a cast copy due to the porous surfaces combined with the blobs on some of the lettering and being one-sided.
Looks to be for sure a souvenir casting. It appears there are traces of the glue that held it only the card or plaque. (The other coins appear to be: clockwise from US cent: Cyprus, 5 mils, 1963-1980, copper-nickel; Israel, 1 agorah, 1960-1979, aluminum; Israel, 1 agorah, 1972, aluminum; Switzerland, 20 rappen (guessing from size), 1970, copper-nickel; Switzerland, 5 rappen (still guessing from size), 1939, copper-nickel; and Greek, 10 drachmai, 1968, copper-nickel.)
Thank you all for your responses.. I agree with what you're all saying. Altho I found it strange it doesn't stick to a magnet. I thought for sure it would. Here's one more pic of the back. What would the back look like if it were real?
