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    Need help IDing this item

    Hey diggers,
    I found this unusual item at a house dating back to the 1860s. It was quite deep and rang up like a nickel on my e-trac. At first I thought it was part of a pocket watch but then I realized it is way too thin for that. It is very thin copper or brass and is stamped with the image of a pocket watch case. It is the same size as a pocket watch. It even has an image of a winder and loop (partly missing). It looks like it may have been applied to something else but has no holes or mounting marks.

    Could it have been glued to wood and been a toy pocket watch?

    I appreciate any ideas you guys might have. Thanks and no Don, it's not part of a henway! LOL
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    How big is it? Possibly a part of a Cracker Jack prize or, as you think, part of a toy watch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fyrffytr1 View Post
    How big is it?
    That's a really good point! I slapped my forehead and said Do'h! It is the size of a real pocket watch. I edited the post to reflect that also. Thanks for pointing out a very important thing I omitted!
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
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