Gold coin error or damaged?

Can anybody help me out with this one?

 

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Umm. I'm going with damage.

 

What could cause this?

 

Man, it looks like someone went to town on that thing. Beat the heck out of it. I guess intense heat could do that too. Can you make out any of the letters? That first photo of yours looks like "E" something, something, "A", something, "E". And is that a date at three o'clock? Is that gold covering another material?

 

I can clearly make out “Eliza” which makes me think it was possibly a Canadian coin

 

If the coin is made out of gold, melt it and be done with it.
If it isn't, throw it away and be done with it.

 

No offense, but you really can't tell if this is an error or damage???

 

It has clearly been damaged, it never left a mint looking like that. Elizabeth could also mean that it was once a GB sovereign or similar

 

No offense, but in it's current condition, I don't think that what it once was makes any difference whatsoever.
Please refer back to my comment in post #6.

 

Definitely not an error

 

Definitely not an error. What does it weigh?

 

It looks like a extremely damaged canadian $1 loonie can you weigh it.Should be around 6 grams with all that destruction.

 

Whatever it once was it isn’t any longer.