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MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN JETON 06 Very Rare & Collectable


Our MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN JETON 06 was from Nuremberg.
Very nice Medieval European Jeton found this morning on the Thames foreshore. The first photo is the Jeton in situ.

A copper-alloy post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinkel II (fl. AD 1586-1635), rose/orb type, GOTTES SEGEN reverse

Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: GOTES SEGEN type (M1553-1573) – Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three fleur de lis around a central flower
Obverse inscription: “HANNS.KRAWINKEL.IN.NVR”
Reverse description: An orb in a tressure
Reverse inscription: “GOTES SEGEN.MACHTRIECH.”
Degree of wear: very fine

The lettering around the edge

it was struck by The most famous producers, Hans Krauwinckel.

Also dates to the latter half of the 16thCentury.

Jetons like this have been found all over the country,

Though concentrated in Norfolk and London. Interestingly, two have been found near to Leiston .

MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN JETON-06-21-MM-1-2-GRAMS-KRAUWINCKEL
Nuremberg: the prime source of the jettons used in Britain from the middle of the 16th century.

The earliest seems to be a very extensive series of mostly small (approx 20mm) brass counters.

with an amazing variety of types, including bishop, horse, monkey, shields,

and also the reich apfel or orb

which is a Nuremberg trade mark.

These early pieces have been found on pre-reformation sites and probably date from the first quarter of the 16th century.

From about the middle of the 16th century it became common for the maker’s name to appear,

Some of the types of counters from Nuremberg are extraordinarily common, particularly the type with the orb on one side and a circle of crowns and lis on the other.

Iissued 1550 to 1630 approx.

and turn up in almost every excavation anywhere in the country.

Other types commonly seen depict a ship, the lion of Venice, or a merchant reckoning with counters.

Hans Krauwinkel or Wolf Laufer
In addition to these general types

there are a great many

rather medallic counters

mostly issued by Hans Krauwinkel or Wolf Laufer, sometimes in sets.

The Nuremberg counters continued to be struck for use as card counters after their use for reckoning of accounts ceased.

and to this class must be added the series of brass counters depicting the portraits of reigning British Monarchs.

These run without a break from Charles II to George III;

Finally their issue continued until the First World War

when Lauer, the principal manufacturer went over to the production of emergency tokens or notmunzen.
Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinkel II (fl. AD 1586-1635),
A copper-alloy post-medieval Nuremberg jetton of Hans Krauwinkel II (fl. AD 1586-1635), rose/orb type, GOTTES SEGEN reverse

Hans Krauwinckel II
Class: Nuremberg
Group: Rose/orb
Type: GOTES SEGEN type (M1553-1573) – Hans Krauwinckel II: 1586-1635
Denomination: Jetton
Obverse description: Three crowns and three fleur de lis around a central flower
Obverse inscription: “HANNS.KRAWINKEL.IN.NVR”
Reverse description: An orb in a tressure
Reverse inscription: “GOTES SEGEN.MACHTRIECH.”
Degree of wear: Slightly worn: very fine

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