Help Identifying This Coin Please | French Jeton

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jellybean09 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 4:46 pm Hello, my little boy has been given this coin by his grandfather after finding it in a drain and we are interested to see what it is! If anyone can give me a little bit of help that would be appreciated as at the moment he is adamant that it is a pirates coin. Thank you. Staff edit: Identified, moved to the Token Section Edited by jellybean09 02/14/2014 05:18 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 5:17 pm to the community We are going to need to see a picture of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
rage1398 Valued Member 136 Posts	Posted 02/13/2014 8:39 pm pictures are needed Report this Post to the Staff
jellybean09 New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 05:19 am Thank you the pictures seem to have gone on now Edited by jellybean09 02/14/2014 05:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 06:43 am It could well be a jetton (counting token) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16982 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 07:58 am It is indeed a "jeton". Jetons were not coins. Nor were they medals nor even, strictly speaking, "tokens", though "tokens" is probably the closest of the three major numismatic classes to which they belong. Jetons were used on "counting boards", which were abacus-like devices which accountants used to use back when everybody had to do mathematics using Roman numerals (imagine trying to multiply CXXVII by LXXIV!) and back when all monetary systems were non-decimal-based. As time passed, people found other uses for jetons, such as using them as gambling chips for (illegal) card games. 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 02/14/2014 09:34 am This jeton is French, from the late 15th century. One side has the IHS monogram for Jesus Christ, the other a heraldic cross fleury. Both sides have the same legend: AVE MARI STELLA DEI MATER. Report this Post to the Staff
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