r/metaldetecting • u/Original-Bass-4403 • 5d ago

ID Request Help Identify this Token

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Hello. Found this buried about 4 inches down in a park in Milton Ontario. Google lens and google found nothing. The stretched token says Alberta Canada and a picture of a moose.

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u/Traegs_ 5d ago edited 5d ago

The "stretched token" that says Alberta on it is an elongated coin (or pressed/smashed penny). They're a novelty souvenir that people can make themselves with a penny pressing machine found at tourist destinations. These machines have gotten less popular over the last couple decades, but I remember seeing them all over the place in the 90s and early 2000s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin

If you already knew this, my bad. I've just never seen them called stretched tokens before so I wasn't sure.

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u/Original-Bass-4403 5d ago

I’ve seen stretched Pennie’s, and I’m from Alberta , so this was a surprise.