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Teresayeates New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 6:38 pm I recently purchased a cottage which ages back to the 1600's and discovered this coin between the beams, would someone please be able to shed some light on the country / year of origin of it please? * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 6:40 pm to CCF. Give it a bit and a member who knows will chime in. Cool find. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
aristarchus123 Pillar of the Community United States 1695 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 6:42 pm That is a great story! Wow! Report this Post to the Staff
Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 6:54 pm Well it has the Fleur-de-lis on it so I'm thinking Spain? Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:06 pm It's a jeton; a token used in counting houses by accountants who couldn't do math. I'm pretty sure this is part of the series from Nuremburg, from the late 1500s. Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:13 pm Great find! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:34 pm I agree with Finn, it is an old Nuremburg trade token. Report this Post to the Staff
RoyCoinBoy Pillar of the Community United States 1609 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:39 pm This cottage sounds like a great place to go metal detecting. How much of a yard does the place have? Edited by RoyCoinBoy 10/26/2017 7:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:42 pm to the forum! Since it is undated, no images or crosses or denominations, it is a token not a coin. Nuremburg issued many styles of Jeton during those years. What a story behind it tooo. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 7:47 pm to the community Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 10/26/2017 9:27 pm Very early Nuremberg cross-and-orb jeton, fictitious legends with Greek characters included, meaning this piece was most likely struck in the first half of the 16th c. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
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