Coin or Token ??????

[Kim - PA]

Found this yesterday at an old park. Unable to make out anything other than the silhouette of a profile. The obverse is smooth. Diameter matches that of an English half penny previously dug. Anybody able to I.D. based on this photo?
Thanks, Kim-PA

 

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[romeo-1]

The profile looks like one I have just recently seen on this forum...can't find the post now...

 

[Michelle]

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Haiti_all.html looks like haiti......no writing visible on yours...can we see the back?

 

[Kim - PA]

Excellent web site. Will keep for future reference. Sure looks like the right coin however this coin is copper and the example on worldcoingallery appears to be nickle/clad. Maybe they used the same profile on a smaller denomination copper coin. No clues on the back as it is worn smooth.
Thanks for the information,
Kim-Pa

 

[Michelle]

http://www.wscoin.com/index.php?v=cm&cmid=100&tid=2&src=1

 

[lordmarcovan]

The profile looks like one I have just recently seen on this forum...can't find the post now...

Ha! Yeah, it made me think of a certain post... YOUR post, Romeo... here:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,48985.msg349220.html#msg349220

It does sort of look like the Haitian coin, but the metallic composition of that coin is wrong.

I believe it is an Italian 5-centesimi piece from the 1860s, with the portrait of Victor Emanuel II. (Not Umberto I as seen in Leon's post at the top, but rather from Romeo's post further down in that thread.) Romeo's coin is a 10-centesimi piece, but the 5-centesimi had the same design. It was about the same diameter as a British halfpenny, as you say your coin is. I'll bet y'all 5 centesimi that it's a 5 centesimi.