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Found this piece today. It looks like a Jeton of some kind 26mm x 1.7grams, very thin. Any thoughts as to identification and value?
Gene
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
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Stand by while I fetch that link again.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
There were three masters named "Hans Schultes", apparently. Hans Schultes, I, II, and III.
That puts this one circa 1553-1612.
Value? Tennish, probably. That would be my guess. You have nice surfaces but a slightly raggedy flan, there. The pictorial design elements are very common on Nuremberg jetons and I have had some Krauwinckels with the same elements.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
<< <i>I have had some Krauwinckels >>
Sounds like something that you buy around Christmas time at a European pastry shop.
They do rather sound like something made with brown sugar, or perhaps almond paste and marzipan.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
Thanks for the link MiLord - added to my favorites. Some interesting reading. 400+ years old makes this my oldest piece.
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
<< <i>400+ years old makes this my oldest piece. >>
Very cool and a lot of history going on there.
Congrats on your pick-up!
Jim