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DanielGu New Member Portugal 22 Posts	Posted 06/12/2018 9:22 pm I can't discover anything about this coin * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 06/12/2018 9:36 pm It's a rechenpfennig, which is a counter that was used for arithmetic. This one is made by Lauer, one of the most well known producers of such pieces, based in Nuremberg. Report this Post to the Staff
DanielGu New Member Portugal 22 Posts	Posted 06/12/2018 10:28 pm Thank you very much, I still struggle to find the date, and I can't find another one similar to this... I got to the point of finding this very post in Google images... Edited by DanielGu 06/12/2018 10:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 06/12/2018 11:10 pm There were a few generations of Lauers in the family business. Yours has IOH LAUER, which is Johann Jakob Lauer (1806-1865). So your piece would date from somewhere in the mid 1800's. By this time rechenpfennigs were not used much for arithmetic counting and were mostly used as play money. Edited by Numismat 06/12/2018 11:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jst1dreamr Pillar of the Community United States 509 Posts	Posted 06/12/2018 11:26 pm Now that is really cool. Report this Post to the Staff
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