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Description: | Broken jetton, probably Nuremburg, issue of 1550-1600 probably of Nuremberg Master Hans Krauwinkel II.This is a specimen of the Nuremberg series of jettons, from the late 1500s or early 1600. Jettons were used as reckoning counters on counting boards which is a kind of economic abacus needed to calculate financial transactions using the bizarre and complicated medieval European monetary systems. Later they were sold and used as card counters and gaming tokens.The length is 24mm, the width is 18mm and the weight 1.07g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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