Token coins

physical coin-like object used instead of coins

thumb|upright=1.2|Gold jeton, Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowicz|Popel of Lobkowicz by Engelhart, Prague 1592, Ø

thumb|A 2004 USA Geocoin

token coins once widely used for making telephone calls from public telephones in place of ordinary coins

privately minted token coins

late 18th Century token coinage in the British Isles

metal coin once used by Reformed churches to grant admission to the Lord's Supper

thumb|right|"Gettone telefonico" from 1945. means "token" in Italian. More specifically, the word can be used to refer to the (telephone token), which was used during much of the 20th century in Italian telephone booths.