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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 3330815, member: 59737&quot;]Very cool coin and great question. That coin depicts Hercules holding a Cretan (as in from Crete) bull. <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=4434&amp;category=123176&amp;lot=3641937" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=4434&amp;category=123176&amp;lot=3641937" rel="nofollow">https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=4434&amp;category=123176&amp;lot=3641937</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Rechenpfennige were used for a “Rechnung” or calculation. Turns out that Nürnberg was the location where most of these were minted for Germany. These “coins” were placed on a sort of board, and their positioning was linked to certain values. Strings were then attached to the board and moving them around&nbsp; allowed for adding, subtracting and even multiplication and division. (I have no idea how exactly this worked, but it’s basically a form of abacus).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s where I just learned about them. Sorry, the languages for these are German (or other foreign languages) only, but I’m sure you could put it in a translator if you like.</p><p><a href="https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechnen_auf_Linien" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechnen_auf_Linien" rel="nofollow">https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechnen_auf_Linien</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechenpfennig#/languages" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechenpfennig#/languages" rel="nofollow">https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rechenpfennig#/languages</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s English reading on the Latin above the turtle. The image of the turtle with the sales helps illustrate the meaning of the word. Making haste slowly: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festina_lente</a></p><p>Edit: I believe the other Latin means “always vigilant and tolerant”</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a very cool part of European history. [USER=8959]@Eduard[/USER] [USER=54036]@micbraun[/USER] [USER=39]@chrisild[/USER] I thought you guys might enjoy this thread. Edit: I didn’t see you already comment Christian![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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