Hello friends.
I would appreciate any clarification about this “coin”. Frankly I am not sure it’s a coin, since there is no denomination nor year of issue.
I imagine it’s a Luis 14, yet from which territory? Have dogged into the catalogues ( with images) and I can’t find it.
thanks for your expertise
Cropped and brightened …
LUD XIIII D G FRA ET NAV REX // CORNELI LAVFFERS RECH PFENIN
The Lauffer family are known makers of jetons in Germany; I have several.
Similar to yours …
In the Lauffer family, a relative of Cornelius is Conrad - I have this …
I have this from Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer …
… and so on. There are several members of that family.
Thanks. Lastly here are some details in the Comments section …
Damianus and Hans Krauwinckel were brothers. Egidius and Hanns II were the sons of Damianus,
and for a time they produced jetons together. The jetons of Hanns Krauwinckel II are the most
common found. Hanns' sister, Barbara, married Georg Lauffer and, at the death of Hanns,
the family concern was taken over by the Lauffer family. There were subsequently six generations
of Lauffer jeton masters, and only two generations - Wolf Lauffer and his four sons - are given here.
WOLF (or WULF) LAUFFER master 1554, died 1601
GEORG LAUFFER master 1610, died 1647
HANS LAUFFER master 1611, died 1632
MATHAUS LAUFFER master 1612, died 1634
WOLFF LAUFFER II master 1612, died 1651
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This looks like yours …
https://www.cgb.fr/rouyer-x-jetons-de-nuremberg-jeton-de-compte-vers-1680--tb,fjt_441983,a.html
Type: Account token around 1680 (?)
Date: n/a
Mint name / Town: Nürnberg
Metal: Brass
Diameter: 20mm
Corner axis: 12 o'clock.
Weight: 1g.
Edge: Smooth
Degree of rarity: R2
OBVERSE
Obverse legend : LUD. XIIII. DG FRA. ET. NAV. REX.
Obverse description: Crowned bust of Louis XIV on the right.
REVERSE
Reverse legend: CORNELI. LAVFFERS RECH. PFENIN.
Reverse description: Crowned shield of France.
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