Found This In My Back Garden, Any Ideas? | French Jeton

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Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 4:02 pm Hello! Was digging in my back garden today with my plumber friend to replace a section of split pipe and I had the pleasant surprise of digging this up! Considering I live in a built up area in North London I thought it was simply a old halfpenny, it wasn't until I cleaned it up I realized it wasn't an old halfpenny but something much better...(and older.)It must of been around 3-4 foot down, measures around 24mm and weighs 2.11 grams, does anyone know what this unusual coin is? Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 5:08 pm Just a guess but could it be a hans krauwinckel jetton of some kind ? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 5:16 pm It's not a coin, but rather an early "AVE MARIA" French-style jeton, or counting-board token. This Chicago Coin Club website is old but still has lots of good info on the history and use of jetons; figure 18 is not too dissimilar to yours, but has a modern-looking crown on it rather than the Crown of Charlemagne featured on yours. Yours probably likewise dates from around the 1300s-1400s, judging from the style of the lettering. 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
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 5:25 pm The central device on the first pic is called a chÃ¢tel tournois. This jeton is a bit closer to the mark: http://www.time-lines.co.uk/france-...21706-0.html Edited by philadelphian 11/27/2012 6:37 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 5:31 pm Thanks Sap and Philadelphian; Wow! a 14/15th century French jeton, I'm still quite shocked that it came from my garden! Report this Post to the Staff
erkle Pillar of the Community 1119 Posts	Posted 11/27/2012 7:04 pm did you say you need to check the rest of the pipe ;) Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 11/28/2012 02:37 am It's so tempting; I might go over with the metal detector though. Report this Post to the Staff
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