Unknown Token-With All The Letters Of The Alphabet

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5263 Posts	Posted 06/10/2017 06:16 am Does anyone have any information about this token? Age, place of origin, and purpose? Also, is this common or rare? Thanks ps: it weighs 5.1 grams and is about 27 mm in diameter Edited by oriole 06/10/2017 06:17 am Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34453 Posts	Posted 06/10/2017 06:43 am Looks like a Nuremberg alphabet jeton--really nice detail remaining on yours. Here is a link to a similar piece: https://translate.google.com/transl...&prev=search "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 06/10/2017 08:52 am It's called a Rechenmeister token. Good info here: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/in...ml#msg172117 Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5263 Posts	Posted 06/10/2017 2:16 pm Thanks, forum. It is not mine..yet. I borrowed it from my LCS in order to identify it, as it seemed intriguing. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/12/2017 05:52 am Indeed very good details! Nice! Report this Post to the Staff
Pistareen Valued Member United States 309 Posts	Posted 06/12/2017 06:33 am Look carefully at the letters and some are missing since this is the Roman alphabet. The image shows how such Jetons were used to do math in Roman numerals. It dates to the late 1500s and would be at home in a counting house. It is a neat example of a Jeton since it comes with instructions of a sort. Report this Post to the Staff
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