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New Member
United States
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Edited by Sap
05/28/2009 06:37 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If the word on the bottom of the reverse spells "Jetton", it's probably a counting token.
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 United States
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The horse design is usually seen on coins from the German State of Hannover. This does not appear to be a coin but is most likely a jetton from that region.
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Poland
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NICHOLAUS KAIS(ER) [von?] RUSSLAND Interesting  |
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Australia
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G'day, very interesting. I agree with DL's reading of that part of the text. I have no idea what "mittrohenmuth" might refer to, and Google only gave one hit: <url> http://odkrywca.pl/ietton,595954.html</url>"Jetton" is an unusual spelling, so that might provide a clue. The horse: I am aware that the German state Hanover used a white horse as a heraldic symbol. No doubt, other places or entities used heraldic horses. I look forward to reading the comments of others ... Peter in Oz |
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Poland
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And the only Google result doesn't provide any answers..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mit frohen muth--with joyful courage
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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thankyou DCH: your version gets 23 hits on Google.
Peter
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Netherlands
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Czar Nicholas I who betrayed Napoleon Bonaparte for the emperor of Prussia, round and about 1811-1812. Napoleon went to russia and lost the Battle of the Berezina, which was the begin of defeat of Napoleon. If Nicholas stayed Bonapartes allie, then Napoleon would have conquered Great Britain, and the French inhabitants of Louisiana should have taken residence in the White House, and Americans nowadays would have spoken French.
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Australia
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It's a German jeton, probably from the Nuremberg jeton factories.
I agree it's Nicholas I, and at a fairly young age, too: sometime shortly after his coronation, in the 1820's. For most of his reign, he sported a moustache.
Umm, Eric, it was Alexander I, not Nicholas I, who did all that.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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