# Where did this coin come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 30, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085 "2007-03-30T05:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gotnojob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gotnojob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotnojob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/1 "2007-03-30T05:21:27Z")
My wife bought a bag of old, beat up foreign coins. She likes to integrate them into her jewelry. I found this coin. I harbor no fantasies of it being worth anything of course, but one of my flaws is that I am deadly curious. It’s small, brass colored, it has an eagle…well, you can just see it [here.](http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8203/coinea4.jpg) The no text part is tripping me up. I am thinking the country might have some kind of connection to the US because the eagle with the shield and branches look very similar. Also, I assume it is somehow connected to US or GB because its diameter is almost exactly 13/16 of an inch (and nothing so exact in mm). I know we have a coin dealer on here (samclem maybe?). Where did it come from? Does anyone have any ideas about its date range? If anyone knows worth, you can say so, but I assume these coins have been sorted for their relative worthlessness. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/2 "2007-03-30T05:25:29Z")
It’s probably a token for some non-governmental entity. It may also be from a game or play set. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/3 "2007-03-30T05:37:13Z")
I’m gonna guess a token. I googled "coin token “rwm” " since it has the letters RWM on it (which seems to be for Roger Williams Mint, Attleboro, Ma). then googled “coin token “rwm” 5” and found [this site](http://www.geocities.com/btokens/toks1pg.html) . ---
**Author:** ![gotnojob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gotnojob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotnojob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/4 "2007-03-30T06:00:13Z")
Wow. My mind must have been out for a drive around town. It looks like a token! I can’t seem to find any real details about this specific coin. Since it has no words, I am guessing that it is used as a “general” token for small establishments who can’t pay for a specific design? Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/5 "2007-03-30T06:06:57Z")
The google hit that got me the site said “Seymour’s Belmar Playland (family) RWM/5 Points al, 25mm”. Is it about 25mm? I was kinda bummed it doesn’t have pictures of all the tokens because that would have been so easy hehe. ---
**Author:** ![dbuzman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@dbuzman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbuzman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/6 "2007-03-30T06:14:17Z")
I checked to see if the Roger Williams Mint was still in business and found their [web site](http://www.rogerwilliamsmint.com/) and they have general tokens you can buy or you can get custom ones. ---
**Author:** ![gotnojob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gotnojob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotnojob)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-coin-come-from/398085/7 "2007-03-30T06:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=dbuzman] The google hit that got me the site said “Seymour’s Belmar Playland (family) RWM/5 Points al, 25mm”. Is it about 25mm? I was kinda bummed it doesn’t have pictures of all the tokens because that would have been so easy hehe. [/QUOTE] No, it’s 13/16 of an inch or about twenty and a half millimeters.