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Hello, Sabine. I think that there is very likely that this is an old Spanish coin. In this pic. you can see a lion (bottom left) and a castle (top left). The same symbols would appear at bottom right (a castle) and at top right ( a lion). Those represent the Spanish kingdoms of Castille (Castilla) and León (Castle). In the picture of the other side of the coin the size of the crown and shape of the coat of arms very much fits into one of the coats of arms of Spain.
I am attaching two links in which you can see this sort of coins. One of the links shows a coin of the reign of Charles III minted in 1761. The other link is to a website that shows many of the coins that were minted during a lenghthy periof of time at the city of Segovia in Castille. You will see that it is difficult to know what the actual coin is as many of thesed coins share common features so that they may belong to the reign of Philip II, Philip III, Philip IV, etc. I am afraid that I am not an expert on this area but I would dare to say that it is Spanish.
http://www.e-filateliacarrasquilla.net/index.php?main_page=product_...
http://www.segoviamint.org/english/segovia.htm
Jose, I absolutely agree!
Thank you very much Jose! It is so interesting to follow the trading routes of jewelry.And I love the pictures of Segovia-what a beatiful town.I should really get more knowledge about coins!