Spitzbergen - need more info

 I know it's 50 roubles and1993
          yours daryl

Hi!

From the WC 2013 :

Thank you monephil ,so it's a token not a coin.

Here's the Numista  link Daryl.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15753.html

Thank you Tony; sometimes I need more help. I look on the search and did find it.

Citeer: ALLRED1950Thank you Tony; sometimes I need more help. I look on the search and did find it.

It will only search in the categories that are ticked and usually the token box isn't ticked so you have to tick it manually.

Thanks again Tony; I may be slow but I am moving forward.

More a fantasy coin than a token for me.

Dear monephil
 more a token than fantasy to me, company token. Used by a company, just not made for sale.

Yes you're right!

1993 is a purely speculative issue, nothing to do with internal company payments. They could not have been used since Norway would not have accepted it. You can see on reverse words "Russian Federation" and Spitzbergen is Norwegian territory. Those who ordered to produce this issue did not even know that. They were only thinking about the profit from selling these round pieces of metal to collectors who don't know better. I wonder how many collectors would rush to buy as "circulating coin/token" a round nickel-brass disk the size of 1 Pound with e.g. words "Jersey" on one side and "France" on the other instead of the Queen's portrait? (No offence, this is just a hypothetical question, not a business plan. Our French friends don't need to rush with pre-orders    .)   

Equally speculative were 1998 and later Spitzbergen issues
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11817.html
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces34255.html
Their only purpose is ripping off collectors. Yes, I know that some Numista members do enjoy this process, and I don't deny them the right to collect whatever they want.  

Only 1946 Spitzbergen tokens from this series
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces24991.html
were used as company tokens for payments. They are scarce and expensive. I saw this set even in such a condition sell for $380 a couple of months ago.
 
Be careful with these tokens: fakes are known to exist. If you buy them, better do it from reputable dealers or bigger auction houses.

A Jersey-French pound?  

Citeer: monéphilA Jersey-French pound?

That would be not so different from and equally ridiculous rubbish with good money-making potential as Spitzbergen (Russian Federation) 50 Roubles, Cabinda 2009 issue denominated in Escudos (Angola's currency is Kwanza, as most of us know)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3357.html ,
New York City Transit Authority token if it was denominated in Afghanis or Rupees
or this issue
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces42914.html.
The list of privately ordered issues which have nothing to do with legal tender (i.e. commemorative) coins or circulation coins/tokens, be it in a company store only or nationwide, unfortunately for numismatics, is already very long and growing every week.

Well I got in a ten pounds lot from eBay, and just got to it.

thank you to all you guys for all the help.