10 Escados Counterfeit Coin/Game Token

[Jelly936]

Curious if anyone has come across one of these detecting? Pretty interesting piece of history.

Pretty interesting article in Coin Week about it and other variations.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Contemporary Counterfeit Coins From the Reign of Queen Isabel II

By Patrick O’Connor - Aurora Rarities LLC ...... During a recent discussion, the subject of counterfeit coins arose - specifically, the odd circumstance

coinweek.com

Thanks for looking!

 

[laplander]

Contemporary counterfeit coins are a great part of history. I found a counterfeit shield nickel once but that pales in comparison to my wife's counterfeit BC Celtic gold stator!