Aluminum token with star punch out

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Size of a quarter. Anyone know what it was used for? Era? Found at old farm on PA. Thx

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Reminds me of those things you make icing or cookies with.....Let me see if I can google what I'm thinking of and see what it's actually called.

Cookie press disc, is what I was thinking of.

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[ARC]

I think what you have there is a "milk token".

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[smokeythecat]

Probably not earlier than 1920. aluminum was one of the last metals people learned to smelt properly, some titanium and rare earths being the exceptions. I THINK I remember seeing them from the 1950's.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I hope a clue is not hiding on the backside

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I hope a clue is not hiding on the backside

Same design on back, no copy. Thx

 

[Mackaydon]

Russel Rulau (United States Trade Tokens 1866-1889) says that it was about 1890 when aluminum trade tokens started to appear en masse.[SUP][2][/SUP] If you find an aluminum trade token, it's probably wasn't made before 1890, and it's extremely unlikely to have been made before 1888. Another source[SUP][3][/SUP]places the earliest date at 1893.
Source: Metal Detecting - the Story of an Aluminum Token
Looks purely generic to me; could be from any date for a multiple of purposes.
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