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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GeorgeM, post: 2015433, member: 28550&quot;]I recently bought a lot of 4 love tokens &amp; noticed right away that one of these things was not like the others. Rather than being toned a dark chocolate color, this 1883 Queen Victoria piece was a shiny bronze color. Except, I don&#039;t think there are any Commonwealth pieces of that era that were minted on bronze... </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think the host coin of this &quot;1/2p&quot; really was? It appears to be 21-22mm, and I&#039;m wondering if the obverse provides enough diagnostics to identify it. Because I&#039;m leaning towards:</p><p><a href="http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/1883victoriashield.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/1883victoriashield.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/1883victoriashield.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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