Trying to identify this for a friend

[ccrider]

No dates or markings that I can see.

 

[Snowdragon]

Looks like a coaster to me, I could be wrong though.

 

[Mackaydon]

metal, wood or leather?

 

[PBK]

Is it a copper coin which has been smoothed and engraved? If so, it's a "love token"— and an uncommonly nice example.

 

[imafishingnutt]

most likely was a coin like this at one time.

 

[NealNoINIronBrigade]

Very nice carvings, I vote for love token. How big is it?

nt

 

[Old Dog]

Looks to me as if someone used a large cent and made something similar to a Hobo Nickel.

The Buffalo Nickel was commonly used as a medium and was carved with different characters and traded for food and lodging during the depression era. Hence the term "Hobo Nickel".

Thom
OD

 

[ccrider]

She says it is almost exactly quarter size, appears to be copper or bronze and has a "penny feel" to it....

 

[CRUSADER]

Is it a copper coin which has been smoothed and engraved? If so, it's a "love token"— and an uncommonly nice example.

Agreed Love token, I guess by the decor 1890s??

 

[PBK]

If it's very slightly smaller than a quarter, it may have been made from a half cent or 2¢ piece; if it's a little larger, then either a token or foreign coin.