🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Medieval coin?

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A pic of the other side and some more details on where found would be helpful. Also, and there are others on here better than me that will weigh in, but I think I see some base metal peaking out from under the covering…..if so it’s a repro
It certainly has that rounded particularly reproduction look to it but I'm hardly a numistics expert and worse than novice with Spanish coins. But if I had to put money on it. Repro.
The metal detecting God's do.like to troll once in a while I've noticed at my own expense.
 

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It's a souvenir token, not a true coin. Plated pot metal, poorly copied. You can see several spots where it is already corroding. Most likely sold or given out nearby where it was found. There are several varieties out there, most have rather vague but overly done details, the "coin" will lay flat, no curvature of a Hammered coin, some will even have the word COPY stamped on one side. sometimes you can see the mold seam on the edge, which is almost always thick and rounded all around the edge, the weight of it will be the biggest clue as it will be very light.
If you do a Google lens search of it, you can find more like this one, often found by others such as yourself. I myself have found a few on the beach as well.
 

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I attached a photo of the other side but not much detail. It was heavily encrusted when found and took some time to clean.
Bryan
 

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