Help Identifying Old Dutch Copper Coin (Id: Elberfeld Bread Token)

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nelson9225 Valued Member 270 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 2:37 pm Hi guys I picked this up for a $1 any idea when and where its from it weighs 4.5 grams and is 25 mm in width Edited by nelson9225 06/22/2019 2:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff

paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 3:26 pm It is what is known as a bread token or Brodmarke in German. They were issued in 1816-1817 in the German town of Elberfeld during a severe famine with the intent of both feeding the public and discouraging bakers from selling adulterated bread at a profit. Your example is a 2 bread (II BROD) type. It is struck off-center and from rusted dies. The reverse reads ELBERFELDER KORNVEREIN and the obverse would read II BROD. Numista link has a ton of information on these (this is the I BROD type): https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces120410.html Neat find :) 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
nelson9225 Valued Member 270 Posts	Posted 06/22/2019 4:51 pm wow thanks very much that's quite a history Report this Post to the Staff
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