Help with ID. Token? Found in Germany

[Katmandu]

I found this in germany a few years ago and have not been able to ID it. It is the size of a US quarter. Any help?
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[Anonymous]

Links below show your coin, but not much information:

Die alte gesellschaft, means the old society (business).

http://www.muenzauktion.com/pater/item.php5?id=40606022&PHPSESSID=377f30d14445e9e7b26f53dbd6434dfe

http://muenz-shop-pater.de/cgi-bin/suchen.pl?catalog_par=1&suchtext=1706%20Die%20Alte%20Gesellschaf&suchdatum=0&print_suchen=1&mitbild=1&language=en

main menu (lotsa coins and tokents) http://muenz-shop-pater.de/shop_en/shop.htm

 

[Scaper]

check out this link... a similar "coin" is on sale via the web (in German)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.muenzauktion.com/pater/item.php5%3Fid%3D40606022%26PHPSESSID%D377f30d14445e9e7b26f53dbd6434dfe&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522die%2Balte%2Bgesellschaft%2522%2B1706%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

 

[Katmandu]

Thanks Guys, I have a starting point and know more than I did. They are very similar. Mine has writing under the 1777, looks like DANTES, along with some other minor differences. I would like to know what it was used for and any history. Wish I could read German

 

[JHinPA]

You can! Go to this webpage (www.leo.org) click on English-German dictionary, and enter your word in either English or German. I use this all the time to decipher business writings from Germany. Works great!
HH - JHinPA