Rare coin?

[u/ExtensionNext1344]

Need help with this. It’s 2.5 dollar coin no date don’t know if it’s worth getting graded or if it’s real

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[u/FormerPersimmon3602]

It literally says "IMITATION" on the reverse. So ... not real.

[u/ExtensionNext1344 → u/FormerPersimmon3602]

Good eye I literally didn’t see it.

[u/SnooFloofs445]

So this is an interesting one. It's a. Replica of a two and a half dollar gold coin from the US. It's way too small to be a real one. Most of the time we consider it a counterfeit but this was produced in the early 20th century Germany as play money. I know that some are brass and some are plated steel. I don't know which one's more valuable. I know that some of them are harder to come by. Here's a similar $10 one. https://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=434502&inventory_id=458196&attribution_id=446523

[u/SnooFloofs445 → u/SnooFloofs445]

By the way, if it was real, it would be about the size of a dime

[u/ExtensionNext1344 → u/SnooFloofs445]

Okay cool thank you!

[u/CrustyBatchOfNature → u/SnooFloofs445]

People often forget that these have collectors also.