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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JeffsRealm, post: 2590980, member: 81515&quot;]My guess as to what it actually is. Cane Topper. Again going with Lordmarcovian, I would say probably Victorian era, maybe earlier. If appears to fit well in your hand, if there is a hole on the bottom, like for a long shaft of wood, then cane top.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something, many people forget is how elegant canes were, quite often a fashion statement. I have several of my great grandfathers canes that are done in gold handles. Something you do not see really today. There are people that do collect canes. So it may be worth something along those side of things. Of course the cane itself is missing. Without seeing it in hand that&#039;s my guess. </p><p><br /></p><p>Which they were big into coins back then as well. This might have originated in England as Roman coins were found there. I am not sure without actually looking but it is quite possible the whole thing is cast as 1 piece rather than coins embedded? So not something, really high class but much nicer than plain wood.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a cane it would look something like this below. I couldn&#039;t find one with coins but it would be my guess</p><p><a href="http://psjfactoids.blogspot.com/2015/09/california-gold-quartz-canes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://psjfactoids.blogspot.com/2015/09/california-gold-quartz-canes.html" rel="nofollow">http://psjfactoids.blogspot.com/2015/09/california-gold-quartz-canes.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TPNIZYbjOjQ/VeN1H-R1eBI/AAAAAAAAMiw/AqyDqVmyjTI/s640/peter_finer_14291102626798.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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