Any help with the following coins would be much appreciated. Got them from an ebay lot and can't seem to find much about them. Thanks!
And post them FULL IMAGE. When you have uploaded the photo, two buttons appear, one for thumbnail and one for Full Image. It is easier to enlarge and view coins that way.
I'll upload better photos tomorrow when I can get some natural light. They are all roughly 2-3cm and very thin. Thanks for the help
These are jetons, or ‘rechenpfennig’, roughly 16th -18th century. You should be able to ID them in this condition.
Possibly repurposed as buttons. On 18th Century military regimental coats the large, facing buttons were fastened using one hole. I thick string or leather lace was tied in knots, first one end through the coin then the lace into the jacket and retied as a knot on the other side of the coat. Much less likely to come off in rough activities than if sewn on the way we do today.
