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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 9856, member: 669&quot;]It isn&#039;t a coin at all.&nbsp; With the rare exception of some Arab/Asiatic countries, all modern coins have a denomination and a minting date specified on their face.&nbsp; Virtually all except United Kingdom issues have the name of the issuing country as well.&nbsp; (Those inscriptions are generally in the language of the country, <b>not</b> always English). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>You have some kind of medal or token, and from your description it sounds like it may be part of a series of state tokens, such as the aluminum one that Shell Oil put out several years ago to give away with gasoline purchases.&nbsp; The included details about the state certainly support that theory.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a number of private mints (Franklin, Hamilton, etc.) that produce and sell collectible tokens/medals, and an uncounted number of advertising piece producers.&nbsp; They are all collected as &quot;exonumia&quot;, coin-like and coin-related materials, including wooden nickles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> , the coins that get thrown to the parade watchers during Mardi Gras <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> , subway tokens, elongated cents&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; , World War II OPA ration points, etc., etc., etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They are generally worth a buck or less, but you might try checking EBay&#039;s <a href="http://coins.listings.ebay.com/Exonumia_W0QQfromZR11QQsacategoryZ3452QQsocmdZListingItemListQQsocolumnlayoutZ2QQsorecordsperpageZ200QQsosortorderZ2QQsosortpropertyZ2QQsotimeZ1QQsotrZ1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.listings.ebay.com/Exonumia_W0QQfromZR11QQsacategoryZ3452QQsocmdZListingItemListQQsocolumnlayoutZ2QQsorecordsperpageZ200QQsosortorderZ2QQsosortpropertyZ2QQsotimeZ1QQsotrZ1" rel="nofollow">exonumia category</a> for something similar, which might give you a clue to it&#039;s value.&nbsp; There are less than 8,500 auctions in that category right now<img src="http://www.gupistan.com/forums/images/smilies/konfused.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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