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Message:: [QUOTE="ARguy, post: 833783, member: 16047"]Ardatirion, Not a silly question at all.  It's really in-between - probably closer to the thickness of a tradesman's token than to coin weights that I've observed.  Certainly thin enough to have taken a slightly cupped shape.  That shaped may have protected the obverse and caused extra wear on the reverse. In an earlier note, I indicated (from memory) that it weighs about 20 grains. It actually weighs 18.3 grains, neither of which is not inconsistent with the trade tokens. It "looks and feels" as if should weigh less than it does.  I first thought that it might be made of leather or some other material, but then I observed a small dig that exposes fresh copper.  I don't believe that it is listed in William Boynes' 1858 work on tradesmen tokens. (See link below.)  Also, a friend looked for it unsuccessfully in a coin weight reference.  I don't know what that reference was, but can contact him to find out.  Thank you for taking an interest. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=g2ACAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=william+boyne+farthing+tokens&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=g2ACAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=william+boyne+farthing+tokens&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=g2ACAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=william+boyne+farthing+tokens&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]