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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6817985, member: 10461&quot;]<b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Germany (Nuremberg): brass jeton (mathematical counter) of Hanns Krauwinckel II, ca. 1586-1635</font></font></b></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272340[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse Legend: </b>HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVR (&quot;Hanns Krauwinckel in Nuremberg&quot;). </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse legend:</b> GOTTES GABEN SOL MAN LOB (Gottes Gaben soll man loben - &quot;Appreciate blessings from God&quot;, or &quot;One should praise God&#039;s gifts&quot;).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Hammered brass <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" rel="nofollow">jeton</a> (mathematical counting token) struck by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg" rel="nofollow">Nuremberg</a> master <a href="http://www.mernick.org.uk/bexley/article3.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mernick.org.uk/bexley/article3.htm" rel="nofollow">Hanns Krauwinckel II</a> between 1586 and 1635.&nbsp; These were used as mathematical aids on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_board" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_board" rel="nofollow">counting board</a> (the early modern version of a calculator).&nbsp; They circulated widely throughout Europe and England, and some have even been <a href="https://historicjamestowne.org/march-2006-2/krauwinkel-jetton-found-in-the-well/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historicjamestowne.org/march-2006-2/krauwinkel-jetton-found-in-the-well/" rel="nofollow">found</a> by archaeologists at the site of the 1607 Jamestown settlement in the New World. </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This example has a small hole near the center, which was perhaps used to pin it to the counting board?&nbsp; It cost me less than a sandwich would have.&nbsp; That&#039;s a lot of history for such a small sum.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272339[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272340[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272341[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272342[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272343[/ATTACH]</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1272344[/ATTACH] </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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