I agree. It does not appear to be a coin but rather a token depicting the Hindu God Ganesh (right) and Lakshmi (goddess of Wealth on the left).
Much better than photos I take. Coins will normally have three things 1) a date 2) a denomination and 3) a country. Metal rounds with designs only are normally some sort of token. In India, Temple Tokens are fairly common.
Thanks! I know a lot about money, theory wise, and I was in doubt about this being monetary object. I just couldnt read what was written on it. I figured it was either Thai or Indian. Thank you for the help as well as patience.
The text is in Sanskrit (Ancient Indian language). It says 'Om' and 'Shri' both words used in Hindu prayers. So definitely a temple token of sorts.
Thanks 1934WreathCrown! Its a token, OK. It has 666 written at the bottom. Does that number have a significance in Hindu religion or their mithology?
To be honest, I think that unlike Christianity, where it is considered the Devil's number, in South East Asia, the Far East and some parts of the Middle East , 666 or the swastika and other symbols were considered lucky or magical or signs of eternity. They were used by other religions/political parties/societies for different purposes but the Hindus use even the swastika (upright not slanted as the Nazi symbol) during their prayers and it is a holy symbol for them.
Indian silver products have only started assay stamping very recently. In the past they produced some very nice items, especially craftsmen from the Kutch area, but there were no stamps to indicate purity. They now use sterling as the standard so a .999 fineness seems extremely unusual.
Willie is right it does look more like 999 under the lotus flower. If you can take a closeup of just the numbers, I'll take another look as they might be Sanskrit numerals. Take a look at this: http://veda.wikidot.com/sanskrit-numbers
Its size is 3inches in diameter and 0.15in height. It weighs 9.86 grams and has this patina that I didnt want to clean. I think it has too much of a shine and too litle patina for it to be silver. Here are better close ups
What's a Jetton? I've seen this term before, I'm just not familiar with it since I collect mainly 20th century coins and have seen a lot of jettons prior to that
The 999 is for fineness and the lettering in the back is in Hindi/Devanagari: ॐ श्री (Om Sri) Most likely a 20th century token that was used for religious purposes...
I found an earlier thread on this subject from this forum: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/indian-temple-tokens.20912/