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Valued Member
United States
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Quite a few tokens, jetons and medals feature grisly activities that we would never see today(?) Here's a copper jeton struck in Dordrecht in 1579 to mark the rejection of a peace treaty and the beheading of Count Egmont and Count Hoorne by the Spanish. Have you got anything like it?   Edited by yarm
03/18/2014 1:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I have never seen that one before, pretty grisly, but has quite a bit cool factor to it!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
Love it, not the subject matter of it but like said above its got a cool factor to it.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4911 Posts |
Also looks to be triple struck, look at the rim and overall devices. Some areas are stronger than others.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Moderator
 Australia
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These pieces were presumably made on either a rocker or roller press; multiple "strikes" on such things are common as a large bronze coin needs several squeezes to bring the design up fully.
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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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Thanks sap, I learn something new everyday.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4415 Posts |
Hmmm ... This jeton is indeed a double-header!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Anyone have an "End of Pain" Conder token to post? The one that envisions Thomas Paine hanging from the gallows?
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 United States
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Valued Member
United States
126 Posts |
a very cool token & I want one. But not at that price
Edited by larrytw
03/20/2014 07:21 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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That's just creapy. Not something I'd ever want in my collection.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Very nice, the details great. Also it's funny to think about how sinister our ancestors were, I guess those were the newspapers of today lol.
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