Coin or button?? cant figure it out

[ResurrectedVirginia]

Coin or button?? can't figure it out

I found this a while ago with 2 early large cents (1800 and probably a 1790's) and a hand full of old flat buttons on a hill top. It is very thin so I don't think it is a coin. It would break apart to easy. However it does not appear to have any dimple on the back where a shank could have broke off. So I don't think it is a button either. It does have some kind of design on it but I can't make out what it is.

Thanks for looking.

 

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[pepperj]

There's something on this side,have you got a picture of the other side?

 

[ResurrectedVirginia]

I do not but I can put one up ....possibly tonight / tomorrow

 

[pepperj]

I do not but I can put one up ....possibly tonight / tomorrow

Is it blank or is there some detail on the other side?

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Looks to be a British Jetton to me.

Jetons were token or coin-like medals produced across Europe from the 13th through the 17th centuries. They were produced as counters for use in calculation on a lined board similar to an abacus. They also found use as a money substitute in games, similar to modern casino chips or poker chips. Thousands of different jetons exist, mostly of religious and educational designs, as well as portraits, these most resembling coinage. (The spelling "jeton" is from the French; the English spell it "jetton".)

 

[BosnMate]

It's very hard to see what's on it, but my eyes kind of see a GAR lapel button. GAR -- Grand Army of the Republic -- Union veterans of the civil war. The buttons were supposedly cast from confederate cannon barrels.

This is just a swag, because I think I might be seeing parts of those figures. Hope this helps.

 

[ResurrectedVirginia]

There is detail on the back side however I think its just the front side inverted. Looks like it was stamped. I'll look into the Jettons idea. I've never heard of them till tonight.

I don't think it is a button. Everything else I found around it was pre civil war but that doesn't mean this one piece isn't. The piece is soooo thin though. I just can't see it lasting long as a button.

 

[sutphin]

NEEEET FIND BUT WHAT IS IT ?