A communion token is a metal token issued to members of Reformed churches in order to provide them entrance to the Lord's Supper. There were many types issued in Scotland in the 18th and 19th centuries, but they were largely superseded by communion cards.
A communion token with the word ADMISSIBLE, used by the Huguenot refugee community in Berlin
The reverse of a token from South Leith Parish Church
A mould for making tokens
In numismatics, token coins or trade tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins. The field of token coins is part of exonumia and token coins are token money. Their denomination is shown or implied by size, color or shape. They are often made of cheaper metals like copper, pewter, aluminium, brass and tin, or non-metals like bakelite, leather and porcelain.
Brass trade token from Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory
Show World Center token, New York City, c. 1990
Aluminum trade token from Osage City, Kansas
Token coins in an arcade game