Hong Kong Silver?

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Kory Man X

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• Aug 4, 2020

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I was at the beach in Puerto Rico this morning and found this. I have the EQ 800, it rang up in the 20 range and sounded real solid! Dug it up to find this. I don't know much about foreign coins/markings. Just getting into this, any help is appreciated, thank you.

The words are "Hong Kong" written on it.

 

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HuntinDog

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• Aug 4, 2020

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Not a coin, but might be a token of some sort.

 

Iggyks

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• Aug 5, 2020

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Well, it might help explain the Van Morrison lyric, "We go steppin' way out on China town, All to buy some Hong Kong silver" - was Hong Kong known for silver?

 

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Kory Man X

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• Aug 5, 2020

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I looked for Hong Kong silver and it does look like they had plenty.

 

rustyk1

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• Aug 5, 2020

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I would say it is a pendant, in the first pic, there appears to be damage at the 12:00 which might have been a loop. Just a guess though.