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What is a Jeton?

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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I got one today... a Nurnberg 1898 Jeton.. any info?
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299
    I've usually seen them described as counters for accounting use or as gaming chips.

    Most are in base metals, however jetons are sometimes found struck in silver or even gold.

    The French series of jetons is particularly rich and appealing.



    French jetons.
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  • ecosecos Posts: 391 ✭
    What Lynch said.
    Initally they were counting pieces, then later used as gambling tokens.
    The Nuremburg Jetons seem to be fairly common from what I could find. A co-worker has a dozen or so from her grandfather, I looked into them for her. There is a makers name on the obverse with dates it to a pretty tight range. That is what I found in a "not too indepth" search.

    Apparently, they turn up very often in archaeological digs in Europe. They have also been found in some quantaties in the excavation of Jamestown, VA.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,657 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What is a Jeton? >>


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    No, wait. Those are Jetsons.

    Here's a jeton.

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    And I thought it was the opposite of a Jetoff. imageimage
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