Jeton/Token ?

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Kenleyboy
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This was in the pile of wet mud caked bits and bobs from my Friday trip out and to be honest I thought it was a button as it appeared to be smooth and was a very dark brown almost black in colour . After a wipe down and clean I could just about make out some detail plus there was no evidence of a shank so it was looking promising .
For a brief moment I thought possibly a very worn silver hammered coin but did the foil test with not a whiff of any eggy smell so that ruled that out for silver . Bit of a nightmare to photograph in the right light but I think I have managed best as I could .
I can just make out what I think is a date of 1667 ? after this there also a legend which also looks to read "great" but I cannot confirm . The rest of the coins detail is very feint but appears to have some sort of shield design in the centre on both faces .
The coin looks silver but in certain light you can see a hint of copper .
Coin is 18mm diameter .
Any help on an ID would be much appreciated . I have had a good look online but cannot get anywhere near . :thumbsup:
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Dave The Slave
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Always a bonus Paul, when something turns out to be something else.
Looks to be 1667 to me as well.
No doubt an ID of some sorts, will shed more info.
Cheers, :thumbsup:
Dave.
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Coin/token rather than jetton for me, and for some reason "Dutch" came to mind at first, but is that "Norwich" I can see in the second image reading from 12 o'clock?
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Great Yarmouth
For the use of the poor,
Lovely token find.
Clint :thumbsup:
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Great ID, Clint :thumbsup:
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Always nice to find a trade token. :thumbsup:
Good things come to those who wait.
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stanslad wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 5:04 pm Great Yarmouth
For the use of the poor,
Lovely token find.
Clint :thumbsup:
Brilliant ID :thumbsup:
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