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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1638178, member: 12789&quot;]I have several little medals, coronation etc of Charles I - when this Simon de Passe jeton came up I had to have it.&nbsp; I received it in the post just yesterday - and then promptly misplaced it in a desk drawer.&nbsp; I spent literally a couple of hours going through drawers, cabinets etc looking for where I had misplaced it.&nbsp; I had shredded the envelope it came in so I even checked through the shreddings.&nbsp; Then yesterday evening I was reaching for a post it note pad and there was the holder my jeton was in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The de Passe family was a family of engravers from Zeeland in the Netherlands, Crispijn de Passe was the patriarch of this family.&nbsp; His eldest son Simon de Passe(1596-1646) was one of the more prolific engravers and was hired by the Danes to work in Copenhagen in 1624 where he worked until his death.&nbsp; In addition to many engravings, he created many unique jetons such as the one below - thought it is a machine struck jeton in silver - the appearance gives the impression that it is an engraving:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/britannia/charlesimedallet.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The effect of the medal must have been created through a reverse transfer of the original hub into subsequent dies.&nbsp; It was created in Denmark and exported to the British market where it was used as a counter or memento.&nbsp; This piece is 26mm in diametre and is on a very thin planchet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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