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Numista-352877 or similar. Neumann-31695.
A copper rechenpfennig (counting token) struck by mintmaster Henning Schlüter in the city of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Harz region of Germany.
Undated; circa 1625-1672. Approximate diameter 25-26 mm.
Obverse: HENNING · SCHLU TER · F · B · L · M · M · Z · Z :, coat of arms.
Reverse: CONSIDERA : NOVISS · ET · IN · ÆTERNVM · NON · PECCABIS ·, skull, facing slightly right, with hourglass above; crossed scythe and spade behind; worms to right and left and through the eye sockets.
The reverse legend roughly translates to:
"In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin." (Ecclesiasticus 7:40)
As such, this appears to be a memento mori motif.
A fascinating 17th century rechenpfennig. These were used for mathematical calculations on a counting board.
Some faint old scratches.
Ex-Münzenhandlung Raffler (Vindelicorum), Schwabmünchen, Germany, via their MA-Shops storefront, 9 December 2024.
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