Identity of coin/token please.

Can anyone identify the attached coin please.

One side has a symmetrical pattern.
The other has an animal with either a head in a halo(?) above , or
a small head beneath the halo.
There are symbols or letters around the edge that I cannot interpret.
The coin/token is about 0.5 to 0.7mm thick and of a yellow colour.

The object was found in my garden in Exeter, Devon, England
and was the only one, no other objects found after several years digging 
the plot.

Any help gratefully received.  Many thanks

Charles Drown

Charles Drown wrote:
> Can anyone identify the attached coin please.
> 
> One side has a symmetrical pattern.
> The other has an animal with either a head in a halo(?) above , or
> a small head beneath the halo.
> There are symbols or letters around the edge that I cannot interpret.
> The coin/token is about 0.5 to 0.7mm thick and of a yellow colour.
> 
> The object was found in my garden in Exeter, Devon, England
> and was the only one, no other objects found after several years digging 
> the plot.
> 
> Any help gratefully received.  Many thanks
> 
> Charles Drown
> 
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> 
Not my strongest area of expertise, but i believe that this is jeton 
(counter/ tally token) manufactured in Nuremberg, Germany by Hans 
Krauwinkel.

It has (in my humble opinion) little intrinsic monetary value in such 
poor condition.

These and similar pieces were used in performing arithmetic type 
calculations on a checker type board before the advent of our current 
day arithmetic and mathematices. It is a fascinating subject area within 
numismatics. It's also where the term `Chancellor of the Exchequer' 
originates.