Jeton - 15th century

[mickael]

found this the other day

 

[Ahab8]

The history of those jetons is pretty interesting. Cool find

 

[70monte68]

That is one crazy coin, nice find.

 

[dirtlooter]

wow, looks very interesting, awesome find

 

[park pirate]

Damn nice find..

 

[John Winter]

Yup - a French 15th century Jeton. Great find.

ROUYER - XI. MÉREAUX ET PIÈCES ANALOGUES Jeton de compte au nom de Jésus n.d. TB fjt_244352 Jetons

IHS for Jesus was popularized by St. Bernadine of Sienna in the 15th century as a symbol of peace.

 

[beez0404]

I found three of those last week and had no clue what they were so I pitched them out. Very nice find!!

 

[Ahab8]

Those jetons are actually categorized as counters and not coins. They're a very interesting find. My buddy found one here in Maine and found a 16th century hammered piece of silver which is pretty crazy for this area

 

[UnderMiner]

Amazing find, probably the first daylight its seen in 600 years.

 

[CRUSADER]

Those jetons are actually categorized as counters and not coins. They're a very interesting find. My buddy found one here in Maine and found a 16th century hammered piece of silver which is pretty crazy for this area

yes that is what a jetton/jeton is, a counting token