Coin/token help

Kale1278 · Dec 5, 2020

Hunting a vacant lot that has had buildings on it that we can verify back to 1890. Anyway I found, this coin/token. I have search quite a bit but am having trouble identify it; any help would be appreciated.

It’s about the size of a penny, and has what appears to be an Asian man in a canoe. The back has “0” and that all.

jordanmills · Dec 5, 2020

That boat design looks like a sampan, not a canoe. The name is from chinese and literally means "three planks" with one of them being the flat bottom. Fairly different from a canoe, though I don't think that's at all clear from the embossing here (i.e. not criticizing, just explaining what I know of it).

I don't have much else to add, except that it might help your searching to know that it's probably of chinese or malaysian origin (or meant to evoke such).

Kale1278 · Dec 5, 2020

jordanmills said:
That boat design looks like a sampan, not a canoe. The name is from chinese and literally means "three planks" with one of them being the flat bottom. Fairly different from a canoe

Completely agree, had no idea what it was called.
Thank you

HuntinDog · Dec 5, 2020

Are you sure that the "O" is not what's left of a shank to a button?

Kenosha Kid · Dec 5, 2020

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3928942781...504eaac1760ac3df0e4bb2affe3df73&ul_noapp=true

Kale1278 · Dec 6, 2020

Kenosha Kid said:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3928942781...504eaac1760ac3df0e4bb2affe3df73&ul_noapp=true

Oh score! You found it. Thank you. Well I was hoping I found something more authentic but oh well (again).

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