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I'm just so tickled 1580 Dutch Jeton

theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
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I managed to get this piece of history for my World Cats at a reasonable priceimage
lion jeton
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    Nice item, but what is that about a rat?
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  • tlhoytlhoy Posts: 2,204
    MEOW!!!!image
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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    "ROSIS LEONEM LORIS MVS LIBERAT" translates into "The mouse makes the lion free from ties by gnawing". It quotes Aesopus ("mus and lion") in order to signify bonds imposed to Holland by the catholic king (INQUI[sition] is the collar binding the lion to a pole) and the rescuer rat is the prince of Orange. " This is from the Description
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"ROSIS LEONEM LORIS MVS LIBERAT" translates into "The mouse makes the lion free from ties by gnawing". It quotes Aesopus ("mus and lion") in order to signify bonds imposed to Holland by the catholic king (INQUI[sition] is the collar binding the lion to a pole) and the rescuer rat is the prince of Orange. " This is from the Description >>



    I smell a rat!image
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Fantastic token, Boz!!! Even if it is corroded, it's still nice. I guess this was one of those dug up at Jamestown? What historical significance for only $41!!!

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Jester, Wonder if I should soak it in Olive Oil for awhile to remove the remaining dirt ,,or leave it partially cleaned as it appears in the photo.
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Olive oil won't hurt it but I think all the dirt's already been removed. I don't know why it's discolored on the reverse, but I suspect that some foreign substance was covering those areas in the past.

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    I'll find out how much dirt remains when I get it under the microscope.image
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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The mouse makes the lion free . . . >>

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    Cool piece of history! image
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
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    .....GOD
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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    The Dutch were (in)famous for their satirical medals!
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  • pythonpython Posts: 1,158
    Very cool.
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