The invention relates to a metal plate (1) for a coin (2), for a centre pill (3) of a coin (2) or for a ring (4) of a coin (2), where it is suggested that at least one subregion of a surface, on at least one side of the metal plate (1), has a dual-coloured optical element (5) and that said optical element (5) has at least one first region (6) with a first oxide layer (7) of one first colour which is an interference colour, and at least one second region (8) with a second colour, the first colour being different from the second colour.