Can anyone identify this?

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I have this Lord’s Prayer token. I have a few others with Washington or other identifiable figures or landmarks but I’ve researched extensively and cannot place this person. Anyone know who this is or a potential value?


Welcome to Numista. It is difficult to say when there is absolutely no indication as to who the portrait is but the first thing that came to my mind was Harry Truman. Because you mentioned G. Washington I thought perhaps there a a theme so I looked for religious tokens based on that and unfortunately found nothing. Are they similar in size and composition?
Thanks for the reply. I actually thought Truman too. Just based on looks. Actually this one is larger than the others I have.

I think Truman wore glasses in public and for all his his portraits, which rules him out.

I think I see a clerical collar on the person in this portrait, but it would be good to have others take a look. It would make sense with the religious theme on the reverse. (Edit: No, he is wearing a tie ... forget it)

I am curious who the person is on the token at the bottom (looking like a late 18th century portrait).
Glasses, really? Rules him out?

That would be the George Washington token he mentioned.
Yep. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

If that's supposed to be Washington, I suppose this one could be just about anyone.
The bottom portrait is Washington, IMHO.

For the Lord's Prayer token, my first instinct was Warren G. Harding.
Bingo. I knew I recognized this guy, but couldn't place him.

Much better choice for a religious medal than Washington.
Thanks all for the insights!
Just for the record, the tokens were made by different manufacturers. The small US Mint tokens were made by George Soley, he purchased the first US Mint steam press, as scrap, from the Mint in the 1880's and refurbished it. I'm not sure about the Washington token, because I can't see the reverse, but if it looks exactly like US Mint token reverse, then it is also a Soley token.
It must be American as this token is from there and has the same reverse ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia192554.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
rsirian1 has nailed it, Warren Harding was who I thought it was when I first saw it.
Verweis : "quickelephant"​rsirian1 has nailed it, Warren Harding was who I thought it was when I first saw it.
​Credit goes to halfdisme.
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