ID Very Thin Brass , Real Or Not? - Coin Community Forum

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Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 07/17/2012 4:45 pm about the size of a dime, VERY thin (0.7 grams) wondering if this is real? ID? thank you Moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 07/17/2012 5:09 pm In the legends I read "RECH(N)EN PFENNIG" or counting penny/token--or jeton? Cruder than a Roman coin, the tool marks look 19th C. or later. Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2099 Posts	Posted 07/17/2012 5:09 pm Not ancient. Looks 19th century. Report this Post to the Staff
Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 07/17/2012 5:18 pm This is a counting token. They were very popular in Germany and France in the 18th and 19th centuries, and there are a lot of styles. I haven't tried to find this particular style, but you can look at this web page: http://www.muenzauktion.com/shops/s...re&gallery=2 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 07/17/2012 8:36 pm Yep, it's a German jeton. The UK Detector Find Database website has an excellent page on Nuremberg jetons and outlines the various older types commonly found in Britain. This one is a newer variation on the "Venus penny" type, with Minerva on the obverse rather than a shield. The letters LSL at the bottom of the reverse are the initials of the manufacturer, Ernst Ludwig Sigmund Lauer (1783-1833), one of the Lauer family of jeton-makers. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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