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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 2506348, member: 80804&quot;]As far as I can see this is a 100% machined coin, token or coin-like token. In my opinion, it is highly unlikely to be more than ~200+ years old - it certainly is not &quot;ancient&quot; by any reasonable definition. The patination of the surfaces does hint at age since it would be difficult at best to deliberately reproduce that effect in a workshop, but only a couple centuries - even a few decades given the right conditions - could produce a similar &quot;tooled leather&quot; appearance in the surfaces and the the wear on a copper coin.&nbsp; If it&#039;s 19-20mm (Michele said it was a bit larger than a Lincoln cent) then it might be a farthing token. I have encountered Conder-era farthing tokens before and think it might be one, despite this combination of designs not being anything I&#039;ve ever seen - and I&#039;m still pretty sure the devices were inspired by popular inexpensive &quot;artistic&quot; prints of American Indians which were common at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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