Sorry, did I start a "walks into a bar" joke? I meant to say JFK got struck onto a bar ... umm ... thing. But what IS It? Bright golden color. Some kind of brass, apparently, but very goldlike. Sort of like the aureate nickel alloy used in Canadian Loon dollars, I guess. Or some aluminum-bronze alloys. It's pretty, anyway. Uniface with two deep circular design punches. 27 mm by 79-80 mm, 28.82 grams. Likely ca. 1963-1964, since it gives his death date and has a seemingly "memorial" vibe. Dunno. 'S'all I've got. (LordM scratches head, shrugs) @DrDarryl? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?
Can't be gold. Gold that size would be much heavier, that is less than 1 ounce. Looks cool. This is the sellers video?
Naw, it ain't gold, though it is dense and heavy-ish. It's gold... ish. Seller's video? It could become that, I suppose. For now, call it the owner's video. This thing came out of a really cool, big exonumia lot I bought four or five years ago and has been rattling around in my clutter box ever since.
You can do some quick math to get an idea of the density and maybe that can help narrow down the composition Density (grams/cm3) = Weight / (Length x width x thickness) Density (g/cc) = 28.82g/(7.95cm)(2.7cm)(?? Thickness) Obviously, there may be some minor variation in the dimensions, but the closer you can come to an accurate average length, etc, the closer it will be. I would ignore any distortion from the strike. Depending on how accurate you are with the dimensions (which can be tough if the cut is uneven), maybe it could be matched up with some common metal compositions. FWIW: it looks like it was a die test pressing and may be one of the brass compositions. But that's just a guess Remember, Math is your friend
Sadly, my high school and freshman college grades do not bear this out. Rather the opposite, in fact.
Whatever this is, it's not mass produced, not a souvenir. My guess is that it's a test strike for this type token.
