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Description: | Complete Medieval struck copper alloy jetton of French Shield type dating c.1400-1500. Most jettons of this type range from 2-4g so at 9.4g this item is considerably heavier than the norm. Ref: Mitchener, M. 'Jetons, Medalets & Tokens', p.224ff.The item is pale in colour which sugests that the copper has been alloyed with tin or lead; this idea receives further support from the fact that the item is heavier than average, the metal is relatively soft and a number of incisions have been made along the edge of one face. The item is also poorly struck with notable 'shadowing' of the design evident on both faces.The primary use of jettons (or jetons) was as reckoning counters in accountancy or other manual arithmetic but they were also used fraudulently as coinage and also as gaming pieces. Many jettons are pierced for decorative use or to distinguish them from contemporary coinage but there is also one known historical account of a man who tried to use jettons as currency having them pierced and strung about his neck whilst held in the stocks. Ref: M. Mitchiner, 'Jetons, Medalets & Tokens - Vol I', p.21-22.
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