Strange Coin/Token thing

[Narthoniel]

Hello,

I dug this little coin/token thing today, and have no clue what it could be from.

I forgot to include an object for a size comparison, so I measured it instead. It is 22.5 mm in diameter, or just a smudge smaller than a quarter. It is also much much thinner than any circulation coin I have ever seen, measuring .7mm in thickness. (A quarter is 1.7mm thick)

I did not cut it, it was dug as you see it.



I can make out most of the words on the front. On the rim it reads: "COLONIE OF CAYENNE". In the middle I can make out a 2(it is partially chopped, this detail is hard to see in the photo), under that is a word that I cannot make out, and below that appears the be the date 178?. There is writing on the back, but I do not want to overclean, and cannot make out any of it.

Any idea what this could be? I am at a loss, might try a google search. I know there are many knowledgeable people on the boards, so I am hoping one of you has seen something like this before.

Thank you very much for your help,
Anthony

 

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[RickyP]

Dont know, but that is one nice find

 

[seger98]

Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth...

Picture this, the round you have there is the pour spout from the top of a spice can, when they opened it, they stuck the tip of a knife blade into the round to pull it out. Seen alot of this type of thing in AZ at the miner's camps (stuff being opened with knives, that is).

Chris

 

[Angelo]

Maybe?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Louis-XVI-2-Sous...temQQimsxZ20090106?IMSfp=TL090106122001r14832

 

[seger98]

Maybe?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Louis-XVI-2-Sous...temQQimsxZ20090106?IMSfp=TL090106122001r14832

I think you got it Angelo, looks pretty darn close! Forget my theory, LOL

 

[Narthoniel]

Maybe?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Louis-XVI-2-Sous...temQQimsxZ20090106?IMSfp=TL090106122001r14832

Bingo. Thank you for the photo. I was able to find some information, but nothing concrete. Those pictures match dead on. Now I wonder, is this an actual coin, or a cheap reproduction? It is just so thin I have to wonder. Now to find some measurements not in french .

And Seger, I appreciate anyone willing to offer some help. Thanks for trying
Anthony

 

[done dug it all up]

Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth...

Picture this, the round you have there is the pour spout from the top of a spice can, when they opened it, they stuck the tip of a knife blade into the round to pull it out. Seen alot of this type of thing in AZ at the miner's camps (stuff being opened with knives, that is).

Chris

i think one of them old boys opened up a can of whoopass and that was what was left of the lid he threw on the ground

 

[Narthoniel]

Call it solved, this is indeed a 1789 2 Sous coin from a French Colony in South America. Now the question is, how the heck did it wind up in a field in Va Beach?!?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Interesting find and nice ID. What French Colony? French Guiana? http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/ser...2~1141045:The-island-and-colony-of-Cayenne-su

 

[Narthoniel]

COLONIE DE CAYENNE, or Colony of Cayenne. Not sure where it is exactly, but what I read said South America.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yep, its in French Guiana. Remember the penal colony movie of Papillon?