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I located this gold coin from Germania States (Prussia) and I cannot locate the date? I know it is a Pfenning and I know it is a GOLD COIN. Wilhelm the II ruled Prussia German States From 1786-1797 when he died. Please help me identify the YEAR ,and VALUE of this small gold Germany Coin?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It looks to be a rechenpfennig which is not a coin but a token and probably made of brass.
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Valued Member
Germany
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That is correct. These tokens come in a vast amount of varieties and were mainly produced in Nuremberg bei the Lauer family.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Weight diameter and thickness would help to confirm that this piece may or may not be gold, gold plated, or just brass.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Edited by jdmern
05/19/2016 07:46 am
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Valued Member
Belgium
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New Member
 United States
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OK guys! Thanks I found rech.Pfen is rechen pfenning from Nuremberg. And it is a TOKEN (play money):
You guys were of great help.I still have to determine if it is real gold and a dateline?
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Belgium
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Edited by Petrus
05/19/2016 1:06 pm
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New Member
United States
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If it's NOT "play money" then what is it?
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United States
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Here is the translation of the German wikipedia article I linked: Quote:
A Rechenpfennig , as Münzmeisterpfennig or in southern Germany as Raitpfennig called, was a computational tool which, when on lines arithmetic was used.
The computing on line was a calculation method that in Central Europe was about the 13th to the 17th century in use. In a divided with lines board or cloth flat discs were mostly placed in metal. The value of the metal discs that received münzähnliches appearance over time was, depending on their positions on the board. From the 15th century, especially the free imperial city of Nuremberg developed alongside the Netherlands at a center of manufacturing Rechenpfennige. Most of the Rechenpfennige produced in Europe was marked there. Even after the transition from the Roman numeral font on the Indian system of numerals , whereby the written arithmetic was much easier Rechenpfennige were coined as a play money until the 19th century. Basically, these were used as counters. Piece is almost certainly brass, not gold. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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By the way, German play money is referred to as 'Spielmarkes'
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Valued Member
Germany
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Spielmarken ;) (Spielmark(e) sing.)
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United States
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Spielmarken ;) (Spielmark(e) sing.)  My (self taught) German is very poor. Very, very, very poor. |
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My (self taught) German is very poor. Very, very, very poor. Don't be so harsh on yourself. I honestly like the fact that you learn German on your own. I know that learing a language all by yourself is pretty hard  |
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