Token?

[WHADIFIND]

Anyone recognize this pattern?



It's just a tad wider than a quarter, non-magnetic, appears to be brass/copper with some sort of
a silver like coating(doesn't appear to be a plating), weighs 4.83 grams.

I haven't a clue but the design seems sooooo familiar.

Anyone think that could be A M A instead of just a double A?

Thanks!

 

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[Breezie]

Since it is the same on both sides, it could be a vending token for an amusement park/pinball/video place as in in American Vending Amusements. Although the fonts on your token look old.
Below is a newer token with AVA.

Neat find
Breezie

 

[WHADIFIND]

It could also be AVA as in American Vending Amusements. Below is a newer token with AVA.

Neat find
Breezie

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Why hello Breezie!!! Hope you're staying cool!

This could be just about ANYthing!
AVA token seems just as likely to me. Kinda strange script but still.

Thanks!

 

[Breezie]

Staying cool Is that possible in NC in the summer time?

The fonts on your token remind me of the fonts that most people used during the late Victorian times to carve 'love tokens.' I don't think yours is a love token, but the fonts look the same. Also, I don't think a modern amusement company would use those fonts. Perhaps it was an older token used in a trade stimulator after slot machines were outlawed.


Breezie

 

[trikikiwi]

Hi Whadifind, Howdyafindit?

Was it detected and dug? Any clues as to era?
I did some searching, no luck yet but I think it is AMA or MAA.

Mike

 

[WHADIFIND]

Staying cool Is that possible in NC in the summer time?

The fonts on your token remind me of the fonts that most people used during the late Victorian times to carve 'love tokens.' I don't think yours is a love token, but the fonts look the same. Also, I don't think a modern amusement company would use those fonts. Perhaps it was an older token used in a trade stimulator after slot machines were outlawed.


Breezie

Maybe I should've asked if you're at least not over-heating? LOL

Slot machine? Well, anything's possible. The area was old enough to have seen a LOT of history.
Maybe, along the way, it fits, or it's a just a fancy bubble gum machine token.

By the way, it rings up at a constant 76 on the air test now, with my ATP.
And, it doesn't appear to be aluminum. More a solid metal type.

Thanks!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Hi Whadifind, Howdyafindit?

Was it detected and dug? Any clues as to era?
I did some searching, no luck yet but I think it is AMA or MAA.

Mike

It was a dug coin and not too very deep,(but in a very rocky soil).

I was ready to just toss it off as just a modern day amusement token of some sort. But, the coating is
strange, the base seems to maybe be brass based. The font used is either old or a modern mimic of something
old. The area has some deep history so it could be most anything.

Is there a good way to test a metal by it's electrical conductivity? I'd like to know if it is brass.

Thanks!