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Try to get it XRF scanned. Regardless of steel or nickel, it should be magnetic.

I should add that many collectors of tokens have a familiarity with those issued in their state/province, so contacting your regional numismatic association or chapter of TAMS might provide some leads.

Research on "Maverick tokens" (tokens issued without clear identification of their issuer/origin) has been going on for decades - and some that are exceptionally generic might never be identified if it was issued in a small community where there would be few records in the first place to record it.

Sounds like a great book! :-)

Not sure how I missed them earlier, but nice 20c pieces. I see nice 10c now and then, but seldom the 20c.

Congrats on making a satisfactory sale. I should note that in the US, there are few dealers who actively deal in world coins - many that deal in them do it as a side thing and often sell at a "wholesale" rate to other dealers, so offers on items with collectible value will generally be very conservative.

Devin & Bolton counterstamped pieces are a field of collecting on their own. I'd had one on a British halfpenny and one on a US large cent.

I'm surprised to see than an anon. silver token would circulate! But then again, IIRC, Britain was still on a bimetallic standard at the time, so I suppose if the weight is good, then all was well.

I think this costume jewelry piece is from the 70s or 80s. Like many costume jewelry pieces, one side is a copy of an actual coin (in this case, a Panamanian balboa), and the other side is made up. I suspect this may be so to minimize legal issues.

Neat! I seldom ever see the silver tokens of the era.

Yep. I see lots of the pre-1990 25p / 5s crowns sold as medallions at antique shows.

And spent pretty recently - many circulated proofs I see are usually kind of scratched up.

Neat!

It's a standard circulation coin; the mintage is 30 million. It's worth 10c.

Yep. It's been tapped alright!

My first thought would be a 20 kurush piece but the weight doesn't seem to line up. Anyone else want to take a shot?

To add, drinks were also often priced at a bit (12.5c). Something that's often forgotten is that with higher costs of living in the early days of Western North America, coins smaller than 5c were virtually non existent throughout the 19th century, and even the 5c itself didn't really come onboard until the 1870s or 1880s depending on where you were. The concept of 12.5 tokens alleviates the issue of what happens when someone pays for something with a 12.5c price. If you have a reale, then there's no issue. But if you paid with a quarter, you're only going to get a dime back. The cashier / barkeep may remember, and next time be okay with you paying 10c. The idea being that rounding, in the long run, evens out. Of course, some will cheat the system and pay short bits (10c on a 12.5c purchase) more often than long bits (paying 15c on a 10c purchase), and so the tokens provide a way to take any concept of unfairness out of the equation. While they are technically "good-for" tokens rather than "redeemable for" tokens (like some "Condor" tokens), I'm sure any issuer would had gladly given you a dime to take back a 12.5c token of theirs. Aside: Ever wondered why the SF mint didn't strike 1c pieces until 1908? There simply wasn't a demand.

Got to love the earlier colonial notes with their scenery.

Sorry to hear.

Very impressive - how long did it take to find the earlier ones? I take they must be a bit of a challenge/

@Circus - that "1930" piece is actually zinc, and is part of Shell's Prime Ministers of Canada medallion set, which came out at about 1970 or so, and is basically parallel to the US Presidents medallion set (one piece with each fill out). There's also a set of brass coat-of-arms / provincial flower pieces.

Well done! I don't have any advice, but I always found the c/n 1/2d and 1d pieces to be pretty nice looking.

The "75u" might have been intended to be "750" - the millesimal form of 18k.

Sounds like it's probably an American or possibly Canadian merchant's token. About a century ago, many businesses issued tokens.