I am not quite sure about anything. An older friend of mine gave me a box full of stuff like this one. She was traveling a lot when she was young (45 years ago!) and she liked to take souvenirs from every place she went to. I cant say for sure but I am gonna guess that these items are older that 40 years old. They are not gold but they are not tin ether. They are heaver like the old metal stuff we used to have in our houses maaaany years ago.