Any idea what period ?

[Jackhr]

Hi all
I think WW2 but any idea's and function??

Cheers

[mike_vee]

Coin shows a date of 1943 but I can't make out the mintmark (see photo for position).

During World War II, threepence production was supplemented by coinage produced by the United States Mint at the San Francisco and Denver mints. Coins minted at the San Francisco mint from 1942 to 1944 contain a small capital S on the reverse, while coins produced at the Denver mint from 1942 to 1943 have a small capital D on the reverse.

Mintmarks :

D : Denver
M : Melbourne
PL : London
S : San Francisco

They appear to be a WW2 version of "Heads 'n' Tails" dice :

These heads and tails dice were used by the troops to gamble in World War 1 and World War 11 and were the pre-cursur to the two-up game which was a popular form of gambling in Australia post World War 11. Later versions of two-up were played with two pennies on a board.

https://victoriancollections.net.au/...f83e0308602f30

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[Jackhr]

Thank you for your reply I thought as much , but could not find any info.

Cheers Rob