Rechenpfennige

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krezga
Joined: 24 Jun 2017
Posts: 273
Posted: 31 Mar 2019, 11:21 #
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Hello!

A few months ago I bought this coin, on the label:
Lower-Austria 1590. Rechenpfennige Cu
Ferdinand I. - Matthias

I'm looking after, but can't find any matches, can someone help?

weight: 2,72g
diameter: 26mm
PetrusAscanus
Joined: 22 Nov 2014
Posts: 6304
Posted: 1 Apr 2019, 12:04 #
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Mitchiner has a good catalog, but it is expensive.
Here is some history about these tokens:
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic79210.html
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
krezga
Joined: 24 Jun 2017
Posts: 273
Posted: 2 Apr 2019, 22:10 #
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Oh, jeah, I know that catalog, but way too rare and expensive :) maybe once for a christmas :) anyway, thank you!
PetrusAscanus
Joined: 22 Nov 2014
Posts: 6304
Posted: 3 Apr 2019, 11:51 #
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The coat of arms looks to be from Ferdinand
http://muzeydeneg.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/011-40-mm.jpg

Counter tokens do not always have readable legend.
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
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