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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PyrotekNX, post: 87628, member: 3918&quot;]This is just an educated guess, not a professional opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would estimate the age to be at least 75 years based on the toning.</p><p>The image appears to be Chief Sitting Bull, a famous American Indian Chief.&nbsp; It may be some kind of commemorative coin.&nbsp; It is odd that there aren&#039;t any markings and it appears to be incomplete.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Die trials are often done on off metal planchets and are commonly uniface.</p><p><br /></p><p>This could possibly be a pattern of either a quarter or a Canadian large cent.&nbsp; </p><p>A diameter measurement would definitely help identify this item.&nbsp; How thick is this coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe it is a medal or war time token.&nbsp; If this was a medal, it usually would have some kind of mounting loop.&nbsp; War time tokens have a denomination on them which this doesn&#039;t.&nbsp; Uniface civil war tokens are usually not common.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this was jewelry, it would have marks on the rim from being mounted or be holed.&nbsp; This coin doesn&#039;t exhibit any proof that it was ever used for jewelry.&nbsp; Coins were often holed and worn as jewelry because many people did not have pocketed pants at the time.&nbsp; Even if it was used as jewelry at some time, I still wouldn&#039;t rule out that it is a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If this is a pattern coin, you may really have something there.&nbsp; I would not handle it any more than you already have and it should be put into a 2x2 mount.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should show this to an expert in pattern coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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