Lead Indian cent poker chips?

[65vanman]

I found the lead folded in half in the woods near a stone wall. When I dug it up something told me to unfold it. I was surprised to see two pieces fall out. I thought it was coins until I looked closer and saw the imprint of a Indian and saw a date of 1865 in reverse. And the same imprint on the large piece of lead on both sides. I think they were made to be poker chips.

 

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[Older The Better]

Very cool haven’t see. Anything like that before

 

[pepperj]

Now that a different recovery for sure. Congrats on the one of a kind type of thing.

 

[Gare]

Nice going thank you for sharing with us

 

[GaRebel1861]

Interesting find for sure.

 

[Older The Better]

I keep wondering if it was some sort of counterfeit attempt but if it was i can’t see it working… probably someone playing

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

I have a piece of lead with a 1876 seated dime impression! It has a hole drilled in it , probably worn as a pendant. Diffently not an every day recovery!! Congratulations

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very unique finds - congrats !

 

[UnderMiner]

They're dated 1863, not 1865, which would put them smack dab in the middle of the coinage shortage of the American Civil War, I think these are hard times tokens, or at least an amature attempt to make hard times tokens. Also known as War Tokens, they were designed to look similar to low denomination coins, and would enter trade at a similar exchange rate in leu of specie (real money), which was severely lacking. These coins are actually negetives, so they were clearly not the intended finished product. I think they were just a test of the die/punch the person had made, perhaps with the intention of making molds into which molten copper could be cast to make the true tokens.

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool find for sure, congrats!