MERC HURIUS (Mercury) on Obverse, Columns on Back...Any Ideas

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Any Ideas....a friend dug this coin with the God Mercury on the face; this is one that we've never dug or have ever seen dug

 

[Bramblefind]

I think it may read MERC KURIUS and possibly is a jeton / Rechenpfennig counter. It looks like the same obverse here - though there is no photo of the reverse to compare.

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Thanks will relay info

 

[Silver Searcher]

Bramblefind is correct..well 99% it is a brass rechenpfennig, or German counting-jeton. It is part of a large series of similar jetons produced by the Nuremberg jeton-makers featuring foreign leaders. The reverse legend would read, if it were clearer: RECHE:PFENING. Just have to work out which foreign leader it is.

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