CCC Token/Coinpiece found on Vancouver beach

[TheHappyCanadian]

found this piece on Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver today.
after a bit of cleaning I can read:

CCC
6 0
A4401

the piece appears to be either stainless of low-grade aluminum as it's completely non-magnetic.



reverse side is blank. could this be a crematorium tag?

 

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[TheHappyCanadian]

almost forgot, the token is 1 1/4" across and 1/8" thick

 

[jeff of pa]

CCC Civilian Conservation Corp ?

similar but different.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/396679-old-ccc-tokens-have-no-idea.html

 

[TheHappyCanadian]

that's the first thing I thought, but I can't find anything similar online

 

[jeff of pa]

same here

there is no hole for it to be a tool tag either.

 

[cudamark]

All the cremation tags I've found have had holes in them too. Maybe it was glued or soldered to something? Any evidence of that?

 

[TheHappyCanadian]

there is a bit of corrosion in the center of the coin, and the back has rough edges from where it was punched out of a sheet. Other than that I have nothing else to go on

 

[duggap]

Blowing up the pic makes me think the center may have had something attached to it. A button maybe?

 

[cudamark]

there is a bit of corrosion in the center of the coin, and the back has rough edges from where it was punched out of a sheet. Other than that I have nothing else to go on

Something ferrous must have been laying up against it to cause that "rust" looking spot. How about a photo of the back side?

 

[TheHappyCanadian]

pictures of the back, looks like it may have had a nail through it? and after looking closer at the front the last line is "B4401"

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[jeff of pa]

in that case it most likely did have a hole in it,
that is rusted shut thanks to a Nail.

which means it could have been a tree or Pole Marker,
or even from a crate of goods/supplies .
if Conservation Corp related

 

[TheHappyCanadian]

tree marker makes sense, it was near a group of logs on the beach