Mystery copper and 1818 quarter

VaGent

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JeffInMass

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Your buddy did quite well! Looks like someone thought about putting a hole in it and failed or changed their mind? Without that, it's near mint state. Congrats to Brett! The copper? I could use a bit more of the dirt cleaned off..
 

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VaGent

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I did suggest he clean the copper a bit more. He is pretty new and scared of overcleaning anything. The copper is extremely thin, I am thinking a token maybe. The profile looks like Lincoln and it is just a bit larger than a nickle. More pics to come if he cleans it more.
 

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the reverse of the copper appears to have the word 'jetton' at the bottom and the man on the front appears to be wearing a couple of medals. I lean towards it being Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, but I can't find a match when searching Prussian jettons.
 

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The mystery coin is a jetton. Looks like the bust is of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I and it's from 1814 according to Numista.

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Great ID. The Nuremberg token is probably a commemorative one as Nicolas I ascended the throne only in 1825
 

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VaGent

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The mystery coin is a jetton. Looks like the bust is of the Russian Emperor Nicholas I and it's from 1814 according to Numista.

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Thank you so much for the ID, I will let him know! No telling how that came to be in the spot it was in.
 

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