bagerap Posted November 15, 2016 Posted November 15, 2016 The one with the large hole is not a coin but a Rechenpfennig, originally used on counting frames like a European abacus until the Arabs kindly gave us the mathematical concept of zero. Later on they were used as card counters and were often based on real coins but yours is too far gone to recognise. It looks to be by Christof Lauer of Nuremberg so, early to mid C19th. 1 Quote
nickname Posted November 16, 2016 Author Posted November 16, 2016 Thank you for this valuable information. Quote
mrbadexample Posted November 16, 2016 Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) Do you think these might both be the same thing bagerap? Certainly seems similar here, to me: Edited November 16, 2016 by mrbadexample Quote
nickname Posted November 16, 2016 Author Posted November 16, 2016 Yes, the two pieces are similar. Quote
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