My Itty Bitty "play Money Penny".

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Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 03/20/2011 01:12 am I've had this for a long time, only just scanned it yesterday. I'ts a bit corroded, unfortunately. Diameter 12mm, weight 0.57g. It has Edward VII on the Obv and Britannia on the reverse, with One Penny as the Rev legend and 1902 under Britannia. What I can make out of the Obv legend reads: LUDW: CHRIST LAUER. NURNBERG.MADE (nothing else is visible) Research indicates it is play money. "- Ludw: Christ:Lauer. Nurnberg. Made in Germany, 1902 One Penny" life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16864 Posts	Posted 03/20/2011 10:39 am The Lauers were the last and most prolific of the Nuremberg jeton-making families, a tradition in that city going back to the 1500s. Originally producing jetons for counting-boards, their business model changed over the centuries, to card-game gambling chips and ultimately to children's play money. Do a forum search for "Lauer" or "Lauffer" and you will find a couple dozen examples of the family's work over the centuries. There is a reference work for old British play money, called "Toy Coins". I don't have a copy yet. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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