Antwerp 1894

[AU24K]

Don't remember zactly where I got this. On the side with the castle along the rim in small letters is, "JEF V. D. LINDEN".
I'm clueless..as is the usual case.
Any help?
Thanks.
Scott

 

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[jeff of pa]

I think from Belgium



YEP !


Look down list. May be a Fantasy Piece of this.
Look at OUD
See V on original & U on yours.

http://dutchcoin.netfirms.com/JetonsBelgium.htm

 

[jeff of pa]

OVD (OUD) = old in Dutch

Antwerpen = Antwerp

Wyck ?

 

[willie d]

Jeff is on the money. Down my way there is a jewelry store called antwerp diamonds. On their radio commercials they talk about how they bring their diamonds in from belgium and how that's where the name comes from. My 2 cents.

 

[mech]

One that sold on ebay.be. The seller called it a penning.

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3454&item=300036321579

Look at OUD
See V on original & U on yours.

same on the ebay one. ? The lettering goes all around the coin also.
yours may be a reproduction/ copy??

wyck is the name of a city in the netherlands

cheers

 

[PBK]

I don't think there's much doubt that this is a jeton (counting token/medal) or game counter, as most of the European listings for it refer to it as a jeton.

Penning is Dutch (an official language of Belgium) for medal.

I believe that Jef V. D. Linden is simply the name of the diesinker (designer or token maker)— probably an abbreviation for Jwef (or Josef) Van Der Linden— a name difficult to research because there are well known modern-day Belgians of the sanem name.