Lauer toy coins (Nurnburg)

ColinCMR

Can anybody give me more info on this series of imitation / play money?
I found an imitation of an 1887 GB 1/2 crown, it's about 12mm diameter.
Any info would be appreciated, metals, mintage, when they were produced, values, etc..

thanks!

ColinCMR

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lordmarcovan

I dunno, but I Googled up the company name when coinpictures posted a Lauer piece recently.

theboz11

This was posted by TEG back in January in response to one that I pictured.

Lauer was a well known firm of die sinkers and engravers from Nürnberg in Germany. (I wonder if you can see their factory in Cacheman's City Taler?) BTW, Nürnberg is the German for Nuremberg. The firm produced counters in various forms in the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries. They produced sets of counters e.g. one Pfennig to 20 Marks, also Spanish and Belgium.

From 1880's to about 1902 they produced counters based on the English coinage. The counters were produced of uniform size - about 13mm and are in the correct colour for the denominations copper - copper , silver - a white metal etc. Farthings to Sovereigns were produced.

ajaan

Here's a Lauer 'coin' I recently got rid of.

Bailathacl

Fair amount of humiliation implied in that obverse....