Posted 04/11/2017 12:28 am
Correct, it's a Nuremberg jeton, or "rechenpfennig". It's not a coin. Nor is it technically a token, since it had no direct monetary function. It is perhaps most akin to play money, and this is in fact what many were sold for and used as: "card counters", sold in little bulk-lot bags with packs of playing cards so that people could "gamble" without breaking the law by gambling with real money.
The "L" in the reverse exergue is short for Lauer, the largest and most commonly encountered jeton-making company from the late 1700s up until WWI. The obverse bears the name "ALEX:MAN", which is presumably supposed to be Alexander the Great.
The "L" in the reverse exergue is short for Lauer, the largest and most commonly encountered jeton-making company from the late 1700s up until WWI. The obverse bears the name "ALEX:MAN", which is presumably supposed to be Alexander the Great.
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