Double Obverse Token

I have just noticed a coin I have which I thought to be a Great Britain To Hanover 1867 Token

This is the version I have Here

Yet the one I have is the exact same obverse on each side, I have checked the edge under 100x microscope as well as checked the rim for any signs of joining two coins together by splicing them as documented. The coin is actually no more than 1mm thick and shows no signs of joining, there is also a hole punched through for use as a pendant I assume, upon close inspection there is no difference or evidence to suggest it is 2 coins spliced then fused.

anyone ever come across this?  

For that coin specifically? I've seen a french euro cent coin where both sides were the same (though not meant to be), though I can't find any documented incidents of your specific coin.

This is the one I have which is identical obverse to the Hanover Token in the first post link.



I cant find any reference to this Victoria double obverse anywhere, a few other poor copies of this token or similar, but nothing referencing this one which appears to be the legit obverse.

The faces look quite different!

I disagree, Both faces have different wear as expected and the rotation is off a small amount but when overlapped they are clearly the same, light reflection might be playing with your eyes.

I rotated them correctly and created this animated gif.



one of the images is a fraction more cropped than the other creating a mini "zoom" effect, that is not a size difference.

It is undeniable they are the same head.

There ae not lined up are they, there looks like about a 20deg offsetting on the coins by where the wholes are. Have you got a pic of the side of the coin? I know you saidnit hasnt been bonded but do yiu mind if  i look.

I agree with out a doubt the same face,

Nevermind, looks like the lighting was decieving.

each side has varying degrees of wear which will cause the light to reflect differently, on side has taken a hit to the top near the hole, but I assure you from the naked eye perspective, they are identical

 I am going to try and do some shots of the edge as well as inside the hole now under my scope.

EDIT : Here they are, no join line and the best shot I can get of the hole in it which gives no indication that this is two halves of different coins stuck together.



The hole



few camera shots to show the detail damage.



trying to highlight the damage to the top of Victorias head, this is the best I got out of 20+ attempts.  

That is a hard one to say if thats a real error then thsts a nice find.  I have a old canadian cent which is the same, i cant find a solder line on the side but im scared to say its real at the same time, because these errors are very rare as im sure your well aware. I am going to get my professionally graded to know for sure, maybe you should do the same. Its deff an interesting  coin to me anyways, i love error coins.

That is the exact same thing I was thinking, I couldn't bring myself to declare it as such a rare unique find, I am not that lucky.

I still struggle to grade coins, let alone be sure about a coin like this.

who would even be able to authenticate it?  

well I have run out of places to try and find another Hanover coin like this but I can find no reports at all.

Can anyone suggest where I could send this to get authenticated or confirmed it is a cleverly made copy?

really at a loss  

I'm thinking just an ordinary counter token that happens to have the obverse twice. They were issued by private companies who did issue double obverse tokens, so I'm not surprise the obverse is repeated on this token.

That would seem surprising as the die matches the Hanover token exactly that has millions of them struck correctly. I know they would have been gaming tokens, just a little odd this one was made without there being any others reported, maybe there were more but no one felt the need to research them except me.  

oh well..... I will just have to wait for my Lambo