✅ SOLVED Heavy Metal Tank? & Benjamin Coin

[Carl995]

The tank is about a 1/4" thick with a seam & its real heavy 2.6 oz. I thought maybe a tank for toy soldiers?
I don't know what happened to the half dollar?
Any ideas would be appreciated!!!
Carrol

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[mojjax]

The tank looks like Panzer Mark V from WW1 . nice finds !

 

[diggummup]

I believe the tank is a French Renault FT-17.

edit- Further research reveals it's probably an American M1917. It is cast from an AC Gilbert Kaster Kit mold 18. They were available from 1931 until the early 1940s. A.C. Gilbert Kaster Kits - Girders & Gears

 

[cudamark]

The half looks like it was hit over the end of a pipe.

 

[bigfoot1]

poor guy was making a sweetheart token...then saw her drive by with that quarterback dude...chucked the unfinished token in disgust.A sad sad story !!!

 

[Carl995]

I believe the tank is a French Renault FT-17.

edit- Further research reveals it's probably an American M1917. It is cast from an AC Gilbert Kaster Kit mold 18. They were available from 1931 until the early 1940s. A.C. Gilbert Kaster Kits - Girders & Gears

WOW!!! You guys are fantastic, I researched online & couldn't find anything on the tank!!
I grew up with a lot of A.C. Gilbert stuff but never seen that!

 

[Carl995]

The half has been pressed in the exact spot on both sides, I thought possibly it fell into a nickel press/punch making it an error coin?

 

[l.cutler]

The half has been pressed in the exact spot on both sides, I thought possibly it fell into a nickel press/punch making it an error coin?

No, unfortunately that is not possible, a half could not fit into a nickel press. It is just damaged.

 

[nhbenz]

Supporting Diggummup's belief that the tank is from an A.C.Gilbert mold, this shows the details, which match up; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-AC-...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557