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Interesting pair of wonderfully morbid 17th century jetons (rechenpfennige) I recently picked up

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edited August 27, 2020 2:41AM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Germany (Harz, Zellerfeld): copper rechenpfennig by mintmaster Henning Schlüter, ca. 1625-1672

Obverse: HENNING · SCHLU TER · F · B · L · M · M · Z · Z :, coat of arms

Reverse: CONSIDERA : NOVISS · ET · IN · ÆTERNVM · NON · PECCABIS ·, skull, facing slightly right, with hourglass above; crossed scythe and spade behind; worms to right and left and through the eye sockets.

Neumann-31695. Copper. Struck by mintmaster Henning Schlüter in the city of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Harz. Undated; circa 1625-1672.

Ex-Münzenhandlung Raffler, Schwabmünchen, Germany, 30 June 2020.

Here's the second one, which is pretty much identical but appears to have perhaps been silvered some centuries ago.

Anybody got any ideas on that Latin inscription?

CONSIDERA : NOVISS · ET · IN · ÆTERNVM · NON · PECCABIS.

Consider (anew?) and (eternally?) (your insecurity?)

I'm clueless, even with Google's help.


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