1730 Silver "Ratszeichen" Token [solved]

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pnightingale
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Posted: 15 Jan 2019, 18:10 #
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Here's something a little different - a token issued to Senators in Cologne to be exchanged for a flagon of wine. Struck intermittently between 1730 and 1797 the date of 1730 was unchanged. Billon with a copper plug to deter forgers. The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.

$30 including shipping. Cash, PayPal or junk silver. Will consider trade for quality UK pre decimal coins at $40.

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ZacUK Numista team
Joined: 3 Jan 2011
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Posted: 15 Jan 2019, 19:04 #
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I will take it please.
PM sent. :)
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Status changed to Solved (pnightingale, 15 Jan 2019, 19:06)
ngdawa
Joined: 18 Oct 2011
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Posted: 16 Jan 2019, 09:04 #
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Quote: "pnightingale"The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.
​LOL! It looks more like someone's nose bleed than a bi-metallic. :P
CassTaylor
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Posted: 16 Jan 2019, 11:58 #
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Quote: "pnightingale"​ The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.

​The guy you got it from was very wrong, then.

Even considering coins with plugs such as these to be "bi-metallic", just off the top of my head I can think of some English copper-plugged tin farthings issued decades earlier, under the Stuarts.
Topic locked (Numista Robot, 17 Apr 2019, 21:47)
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