Weird light coin

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What is this coin? Seems to be Ottoman, it is really light and around 30-33mm
As it has ٢٠ in the middle of the first picture,
it is 20 denomination. Below it is ١٢٧٧ year. May be this coin ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5066.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
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Similar - and it has 32mm diameter.
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
It does resemble that coin, but I am quite sure it doesn't weigh 10 grams. The coin is extremely light and feels like it's aluminium or something similar.
Quote: "Peter1964"​It does resemble that coin, but I am quite sure it doesn't weigh 10 grams. The coin is extremely light and feels like it's aluminium or something similar.
​So please give the measurements....

Ole
Globetrotter
Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
It is around 31mm and the thickness is 1.4mm. The border of the coin had a weird line in middle of it. Looking closer at it, seems that it was made from a white metal.
A vintage tin casting of a 20 para. Pretty marvelous historical item. Dumas wrote a book about life in ottoman Europe the title
escapes me, there were whole villages employed forging coins, and the empire employed the severest means to supress
them.
Jamais l'or n'a perdu la plus petite occasion de se montrer stupide. -Balzac

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