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Inventory #210812-17.
Obverse Legend: HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR ("Hanns Krauwinckel in Nuremberg").
Reverse legend: GOTTES GABEN SOL MAN LOB (Gottes Gaben soll man loben - "Appreciate blessings from God", or "One should praise God's gifts").
Hammered brass jeton (mathematical counting token) struck by the Nuremberg master Hanns Krauwinckel II between 1586 and 1635. These were used as mathematical aids on a counting board (the early modern version of a calculator). They circulated widely throughout Europe and England, and more than 500 (!) have been found by archaeologists at the site of the 1607 Jamestown settlement in the New World.
This example has a small hole near the center, which was perhaps used to pin it to the counting board? It cost me less than a sandwich would have. That's a lot of history for such a small sum.
Fonte : https://www.cointalk.com/threads/germany...
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