Posted 07/20/2015 6:06 pm
No, it's not a jeton. This is actually a brass "replica" of a silver real of Ferdinand and Isabella, the "Reyes Catolicos" type. Only the inscription is so badly blundered, it's almost unrecognizable as such. We've seen them quite often on the forum before; here's just one example.
I don't think we've ever figured out exactly where they came from, but given the sheer number of them that seem to be out there causing confusion with people that "find" them, I'd assume they were some kind of Reader's Digest-style mass-marketing gimmick, perhaps for a "Discovery of America" book.
I don't think we've ever figured out exactly where they came from, but given the sheer number of them that seem to be out there causing confusion with people that "find" them, I'd assume they were some kind of Reader's Digest-style mass-marketing gimmick, perhaps for a "Discovery of America" book.
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
