Help: 4 Unknown Medieval Coins From Europe (France, Etc)

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Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 04/18/2011 11:17 am I hope someone can help me with Identifying these Medieval coins from Europe?! I have no knowledge of them besides the French Lelie and the cross on some coins. It also looks like the last one is goldplated or something... All help and input is welcome Edited by Kingz 04/18/2011 11:19 am Report this Post to the Staff

Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2875 Posts	Posted 04/18/2011 3:44 pm Hi, I don't think these are coins at all, but jetons. They are emulating silver coins, though they are clearly a base metal. They were a kind of counting token but I suspect a few did circulate as money in areas where change was scarce. Mostly they came from Nuremburg (part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time) but there were other sources such as France or the Netherlands. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Enlil Pillar of the Community Australia 560 Posts	Posted 04/19/2011 04:53 am Try here, http://en.numista.com/catalogue/fra...yaume-7.html Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 04/19/2011 05:55 am The jetons upper right and lower left are commonly known as "Venus counters" or "Venus jetons" Report this Post to the Staff
Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 04/19/2011 1:25 pm Yes Bacchus they are indeed Jetons, and now I know that 2 are socalled Venus Jetons.. I was still wondering though if that last one might be goldplated!? Looking forward to some more info, because this is not my area... but like them :) Also thank you Enlil, I will be looking at that website for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 07:13 am So does anyone know if these would be worth anything, and especially the last one (goldplated?) I was offered â‚¬5 for a holed one (#3), seems like a fair price, right? Anyway I still have no idea because I cannot undertsand the lettering on the sides, gues they are too corroded.. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 05/03/2011 09:32 am I would assume they're solid brass, rather than gold-plated. I don;t think gold plating would survive that much corrosion. Price? Anything more than a few dollars is more than fair. 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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