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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1239221, member: 39&quot;]Originally such &quot;Rechenpfennig&quot; pieces were used for calculations with an abacus board. This page explains how an abacus (or a similar board) works: <a href="http://www.tinohempel.de/info/mathe/ries/ries.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tinohempel.de/info/mathe/ries/ries.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.tinohempel.de/info/mathe/ries/ries.htm</a> It is in German, but I think that at least to some extent the images speak for themselves. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The oldest calculating/reckoning jetons are from the 12/13c as far as I know.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rechenpfennigs were not money, but in the following centuries they got more and more elaborate. Also because written calculations became more common, so that you would not need jetons and reckoning boards any more. But apparently the producers of such jetons knew how to still make a profit; later Rechenpfennigs would have political messages and/or &quot;mimic&quot; (but not imitate) actual coins. They would be used for games, as inexpensive gifts, etc. An important center of the jeton production in what today is Germany was Nürnberg, where such Rechenpfennig pieces were made by Lauer until the mid-19c.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to another CoinTalk topic <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t50915/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t50915/">http://www.cointalk.com/t50915/</a> and here is a Wikipedia article <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton</a> in English about what a jeton or Rechenpfennig was used for ...</p><p><br /></p><p>(Edit) Just noticed that the English Wikipedia article has a link to this page <a href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/juh.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/juh.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagocoinclub.org/projects/PiN/juh.html</a> which explains the concept in much more detail. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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