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I found this in a token/medal collection. It's 3/8" thick. Roy R Cole, Notary Public Santa Clara County, Calif. 
Also, there's a "Miraculous Medal" - which apparently became a thing around 190 years ago. I've combed the internet trying to find one exactly like this but I can't do it. Either the obverse is different, or the rays on the reverse are missing. 
It looks gold in the picture, but I don't think it is. Unless it's maybe 10k. Probably brass.
What do I have 
Thank you
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Not to be funny but it appears to me that you already know what you have. I like the medal and have not seen one like it. Obviously of either Canadian or French origin.
The notary thing is not a medal, it is an insert for an embosser to create the raised seal on paper.
No idea on the medal, but I assume it was made much later that the date shown. If gold I assume it would be marked. I am not sure when the laws were enacted, but presumably by law and certainly by practice if someone was selling something as gold (or silver) it would be marked.
Great pics BTW.
ohhh, ok. an insert for a machine used to notarize documents. i wonder why all the gouges.
yeah i think they've been made all this time, always dated 1830. variations in the design along the way. i'm trying to figure out how old this one is. haven't seen this style anywhere. i think it's brass.
thanks
These two are a mystery too
The French medal mentions leaders and armies type the text and it should give a translation. Looks like beginning of napoleon and end of Louis. The arch de triumph is shown.
The other medal celebrates the 1972 summer Olympics. Roughly: "Munich welcomes the athletes of the world".
I'll bet the owner tried to deface or "cancel" it.
The notary seal scratches are an attempt to deface it to prevent further use.... The religious medal is likely brass...perhaps at one time it was plated to look silver. Cheers, RickO