Naturegirl7
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Hi all,
I found this token hunting along the Mohawk River in Schenectady county NY. It looks pretty early to me, and it's possibly counter struck on a coin as I can faintly make out a '1' in upper right of the photo. The back is totally smooth and diameter is about 1-1/16th inch. Front is stamped 'k-s Kerk'.
I know Kerk is the Dutch word for church.. So im not sure if this token is related to a church or if it's somebody's name stamped on there? I'm not able to find any genealogy on a 'k.s Kerk '... And it doesn't look like any communion tokens I have seen pictures of.
What do you guys think about the age, origin and what this token was used for?
Thanks so much for the help!
I found this token hunting along the Mohawk River in Schenectady county NY. It looks pretty early to me, and it's possibly counter struck on a coin as I can faintly make out a '1' in upper right of the photo. The back is totally smooth and diameter is about 1-1/16th inch. Front is stamped 'k-s Kerk'.
I know Kerk is the Dutch word for church.. So im not sure if this token is related to a church or if it's somebody's name stamped on there? I'm not able to find any genealogy on a 'k.s Kerk '... And it doesn't look like any communion tokens I have seen pictures of.
What do you guys think about the age, origin and what this token was used for?
Thanks so much for the help!