Edge Plain
Grade F-
Metal Brass
Period 16th century
Rarity R1 - Rare
Type Count Tokens
Year of issue 1586
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Country: Free imperial city of Nürnberg (German states)
Type: Rechenpfennig / Token
Date: Undated (c.1586)
Currency: Counter tokens
Grade: F/VG
Composition: Brass
Weight: 3.8 g
Diameter: 27 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Shape: round
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
References: Mitchiner# 1507
Obverse:
Crowned coat of arms of France. Latin legend around.
Lettering:
PIETAT✥ET✥ - ✥IVSTITIA
Translation: piety and justice.
Reverse:
Fleurdelisée cross cantoned with two crowns and two trefoils. Engraver's name and denomination around.
Lettering:
HANS✥ KRAVWINCKEL✥ RECHEN✥ PFENI
Translation: Hans Krauwinckel - Rechenpfennig
Engraver: Hans Krauwinckel II
Edge:
Smooth.
Comments:
Hans Krauwinckel and his son of the same name struck a great deal of beautiful tokens over the period of their lifetimes in the late renaissance period.
While the pieces are not coins, they are a form of tokens or jetons known as 'Rechenpfennige', or 'counting money', implying that they were used in place of valuable coins to assist in accounting.
They were struck by:
Hans Krauwinckel I (from 1562 to 1586).
Damian Krauwinckel, Hans' brother (from 1543 to 1581).
Hans Krauwinckel II, Hans' son (from 1586 to 1635).
Reference : Mitchiner# 1507
Source : https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/exonumi...
Collection : Exonumia