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Any ideas on what this is? Orientation is 180 degrees obv/rev.

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    IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭
    edited November 1, 2021 8:06AM Answer ✓

    Hi!
    This is Mainz city bridge token. You can find sources in google with "Mainz Stadt Brückenzollmarke zu 2 Kreuzer".
    B:Z: is for "Brücken zoll".

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    matklangmatklang Posts: 24 ✭
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    Hey IVB, do you happen to know the vintage of these tokens? The "wheel" looks like an old wooden spoked wheel which made me wonder if the token was older.

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    IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭
    edited November 1, 2021 12:09PM Answer ✓

    @matklang said:
    Hey IVB, do you happen to know the vintage of these tokens?

    Unfortunately, I don't know, but I think it's may be from 19th century.

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    IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭
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    @matklang
    NumisBids website indicates that this token is about 1780.
    https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=4755&lot=4243

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    matklangmatklang Posts: 24 ✭

    Oldhoopster is right that the wheel looks remarkably like the coat of arms from an Osnabruck 1800ish kreuzer but I can find nothing that is quite like this or the same on both sides. Could this be a pattern?

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    matklangmatklang Posts: 24 ✭

    Excellent. Thank you.

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    matklangmatklang Posts: 24 ✭

    Thanks again IVB. That agrees with everything i've been able to find out.

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