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Description: | A complete, worn and bent post-Medieval copper-alloy Rechenmeister jetton (1550-1580). Mitchiner 1988: 415, ref: 1425.Obverse: Rechenmeister, seated forward at his table with counters, money bags and books on table, ornamentation around the edge of the jettonReverse: Letters of the alphabet in five lines: The visible letters are ABCD/ EFGHI/KLMNO/QRSTV/XYFDiameter: 25.0mm. Weight: 1.59g. DA=12:5.These jettons with the alphabet on the reverse are sometimes referred to as 'school pennies'.Compare with a clearer example: BH-56F987.Mitchiner, M. 1998. The Medieval Period and Nuremberg: Volume I. London: Seaby.
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