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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John in FL, post: 41776, member: 2604&quot;]I dug this a couple days ago and can&#039;t id it. I&#039;ve cleaned it with soap and water and I&#039;m able to make out some details (it appears to be a LIBERTY HEAD with six pointed stars around it on the front and on the back it has a wreath). I&#039;m afraid to clean it with anything stronger because I was told if the coin is rare you will decrease the value by cleaning it. I thought about soaking it in olive oil but have leaned recently that olive oil can blacken it too much. I think the coin/token is silver but I&#039;m really not sure. When I first pull it out of the ground I thought the coin had been through some kinda trauma accounting for its odd oval shape but as I cleaned it up I realized it was made like that because the detail on the coin corresponds with the shape. I&#039;ve tried to reseach it but have come up empty, the only thing that comes close is some gold coins (in RED BOOK) from mid 1800&#039;s. I also was able to find some California gold coin/tokens from the gold rush era (in WORLD COINS) that looked like mine&nbsp; but none were oval although some were octagon. All the coins I&#039;ve been able to find that has the same detail as mine (the LIBERTY HEAD with stars on the front and the wreath on the back) are gold and I think the one I have is silver or maybe brass/bronze so I have no idea what it is. I&#039;m hoping someone here can help me with the IDing of this coin/token. Please if you know anything about this coin reply to my post or if you&#039;re not sure and just want to guess that can be a big help also! Anything is welcomed! I&#039;ve attached some pictures of the token/coin and also of something that kinda looks like it from the RED BOOK. Also whats the best way to clean it?</p><p>Heres the links to see the coin:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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