California gold 1849 token

What is this? Some sort of gold token?

 

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That would be franctional gold. what does it weigh and what is the diameter?

 

Looks like a fantasy gold plated coin to me.

 

It weighs 0.57 grams and measures 12.7 mm

 

An authentic $1 gold fractional produced in 1849 weighs 1.67 gram and has a diameter of 13mm.

Your “token” is about the same size but is 1.10 gram too light. I believe it is a plated aluminum replica or a facsimile of some sort.

Not a real gold coin…imo…Spark

 

Is this the coin it's trying to emulate? Not finding any close matches in real California fractional gold.
https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6530835-015/65/

 

It looks like a reproduction of the real thing.

 

Can you post an image of the real thing? I wasn't able to find any fractional gold that matches this.

 

The combined C and a should be a good die marker.
Hey, @Jack D. Young

 

Sorry but I don’t have one.

 

It’s California Fractional Gold. There are a number of types and varieties.