A bit of coin identification help....

[Kogarashi]

I recently got a new desk, and have been reorganizing my eternal clutter around this new fixture in our home office. While going through some of my odds and ends, I found my odd/unique/fun coin collection, and decided to look at it again (I'm weird like that). I've got a handful of Canadian coins, some larger American denominations and a few state quarters/Lewis & Clark nickels, a 5-yen and 50-yen piece, 1 pfennig, and 10 pence.

There is, however, one coin I can't identify, either in terms of its origins or what denomination it is. At least, I think it's a coin. So I was wondering if you wonderful folks could help.

The coin is small, just under the size of an American dime or a German pfennig. It's round, smooth-edged, and a lightish gold in color (a bit lighter than the Canadian loonie I've got). On one side is the profile of a queen, with a crown to match the depcition of Elizabeth II on my ten pence (instead of the crown Elizabeth wears on the Canadian coinage). On the other side is a bear in profile, overlooking some scenery that has been worn down so I can't quite make it out. There's no writing whatsoever on the coin, which is why I can't identify it (unlike the Samoan 5-pence I found in my till a while back that I should've bought out of the drawer but didn't).

If anyone knows what coin this is, or if it's even a coin at all, I'd appreciate the help. :)

[Linda]

Going to sound like a mad suggestion, but is it the middle out of a Canadian 2 dollar? (Piccie below)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonie

I know when the UK started having these bimetal coins for the £2, some of the centres fell out, and that may have happened here.

[Knightmare]

subway token. Gotta be.

[Kogarashi]

Actually, I think Linda nailed it, and that would explain the lack of writing. The polar bear side looks identical to that, and while the queen's profile is different on mine, I've noticed that profiles can change in different mintings. ::chuckles:: So I've got part of a coin here. Hubby'll be amused.

I'll scan it and post a picture tomorrow.

[Kogarashi]

All right, here's the "coin" scanned in (forgive the picture quality; I have an old scanner). Thanks again for the help!

[Rapscallion]

Looks like the bear in question to me.

Rapscallion

[Broomjockey]

Official Canadian speaking here, that's definately the centre of a toonie. Yeah, when they first came up with them, the centres were falling out something like 1% of the time, maybe less. A classmate got the outer ring stuck on his finger, and the shop teacher had to saw the ring off.

[lordlundar]

And thirded from a Canuck. If you can find the other piece, you might be able to sell it for a fair amount.

[Crosshair]

I have some East German coins and I have no idea where I got them.