What is this?

Cladiator

It's on eBay with a starting bid of $999

jmj3esq

I have no idea. Maybe a silver round?

Connecticoin

Looks like one of those 3 inch pot-metal replicas

CheeseGuy

The real version of this?

Scavenger

I bought two of those from a guy in the united Kingdom last year. It has no face value, some kind of token I guess. $999 ? I bought two for $5.00 plus shipping.

Cladiator

Below is a link to the auction. The seller gives no information about it.

Link-A-Dink

Scavenger

Method of payment - Cash In Letter (At Your Risk)

Yep, that's how I'm gonna pay

N8

Looks like it may be a counterfeit: Link

Zoins

Is it more appropriate to call it a fantasy coin than a counterfeit?

mozeppa

might be a pattern coin?

mgoodm3

coaster?

Writersblock

That thing shows up frequently. It is the size of a silver round and there have been a couple of people who have actually claimed that they are silver, but there have also been many of them which were obviously base metal, sometimes silver plated. They are sometimes offered as patterns, but they are really just a base metal fantasy. Ignore it.

Cgb

I have no idea. I would be very interested to see if anyone knows the history.

DorkGirl

Yes, it's a fantasy piece from our good friends in China.

Writersblock

When I ran into them for the first time years ago, the owner said that he had purchased them from a bullion dealer in Lebanon. He was convinced that he had found an unlisted pattern dollar and that it had to be silver because the Lebanese bullion dealer would have known if it wasn't silver. (Oh yes I'm sure that silver coins from Lebanon would have to be real, it's just fake GOLD coins that come from Lebanon, not silver.)

BigBubba

Interesting.