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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MasterSamurai, post: 3292753, member: 88232&quot;]The first coin is a jeton, or token:</p><p><a href="https://coinsintherough.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/louis-xvi-the-king-who-france-beheaded/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinsintherough.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/louis-xvi-the-king-who-france-beheaded/" rel="nofollow">https://coinsintherough.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/louis-xvi-the-king-who-france-beheaded/</a></p><p><a href="http://maxentius.lamoneta.it/PagineMedaglie/LuigiXVI_OptimPrinc1790.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://maxentius.lamoneta.it/PagineMedaglie/LuigiXVI_OptimPrinc1790.htm" rel="nofollow">http://maxentius.lamoneta.it/PagineMedaglie/LuigiXVI_OptimPrinc1790.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The second site (in French, but I can translate) reveals very interesting things! As Louis XVI&#039;s power was being challenged during the French revolution, attracting the attention of Europe, the arts were trying to spread his image. This led to this token being minted in Germany out of desperation. Such was used heavily by German children to count money in games (kind of like poker chips).</p><p>The engraver was J.C. Reich, who minted these in Nuremberg.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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