Counterstamp Help

[coinman123]

I found this today. It looks like a counterstamp, when do you think it would be from. Is there also the chance it could be a coin weight, it seems very thin, maybe two in a halfpenny based on it's thinness.

The back is smooth.

 

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[testing123]

maybe you found a Gilfoil copper?

 

[coinman123]

maybe you found a Gilfoil copper?

I hope... They are so rare I can't find any photos online. Any ideas what one would look like.

 

[testing123]

There is a guy on the PCGS chat forums who was on a hunt to prove a copper he has is one of them. He posted a little bit of info, but apparently no one really knows what one looks like for sure. Here are two threads he posted about them. Suppose as long as yours meets the few broad parameters, you can claim it's a possible one too!

Hope these links work.

Collectors Universe Forums - PART ONE--The Facts, All That is known about Gilfoil Coppers, Gary Trugdens 1987 CNL articleCollectors Universe Forums - PART TWO~~~T h e D I S C O V E R Y~~~~ The GILFOIL COPPER is In Hand!

 

[Iron Patch]

I hope... They are so rare I can't find any photos online. Any ideas what one would look like.

It's not really that uncommon to dig a misc. countermarked coin you can't ID or find a match... just the way it is.

 

[tamrock]

What a shame this really old looking item, isn't so easily recognized. You could always try psychometry to figure it out. I've read that cops have used it in attempts to solve cold case crimes before.