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DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 10:52 pm What do you make of this? One side is a close approximation to a Sweden 5 Ã-re from 1888 (details are wrong, it's clearly a copy) On the obverse, there's the monogram of Oscar II, but the legend has been replaced with "L.C Lauer NÃ¼rnberg". I'm guessing it's made in NÃ¼rnberg, but what was it used as--a jeton perhaps? Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 11:09 pm The Lauer family carried on the tradition of Nuremburg jeton-making longer than anyone. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 11/21/2013 11:49 pm Thanks...that explains everything! Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 12:10 am Maybe not everything. Ludwig Christian Lauer ended the family jeton production in 1873, though the family business carried on making other items. Whatever the Lauers were making in 1888, they weren't really considered jetons in the sense of the counters produced in Nuremburg since the 1500's. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 12:56 am By the late 1800s, these Lauer pieces can be considered "play money" in the modern sense of being toy coins, for children. 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 11/22/2013 01:14 am SpielmÃ¼nzen, then. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 11/22/2013 3:24 pm It takes some real skill and intention to get this close to the real coin--for 'play money' of all things! All the grime on this token makes me wonder if it was ever circulated? It might work as real money, if the merchant didn't look too closely. Report this Post to the Staff
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