Nuremberg Jetons - ukdfd - UK Detector Finds Database
WEBNuremberg had established itself as the prime supply-centre for cheap, mass-produced stock jetons, with which France was unable to compete. By the mid 16 th century, the Nuremberg jeton-makers had effectively cornered the English market.
Nuremberg Jettons at the SBT - Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
WEBNuremberg jettons were made in huge numbers and are extremely common today, turning up on almost every excavation in country. They carried a wide variety of designs such as horses, monkeys, shields, or bishops, as well as the orb symbol which is almost a trademark of a Nurumberg jetton.
Jeton - Wikipedia
WEBNuremberg jeton masters initially started by copying counters of their European neighbours, but by the mid 16th century they gained a monopoly by mass-producing cheaper jetons for commercial use.
Jettons - Historic Jamestowne
WEBDate – 16th-17th century. Location – Archaearium, Collections. Category – Exchange. More than 500 of these coin-like objects made in Nuremberg, Germany have been found in the features of James Fort. This is the largest number of jettons recovered from a single site in all of North America.
ArteFACTs: What is a Nuremberg Jeton? | Leiston Abbey
WEBJul 8, 2014 · Today’s #shinything is a great early find, which turns out to be a Nuremberg Jeton. Jetons were tokens or coin-like objects that had a variety of uses, from counting token to currency to a medieval gaming piece.
Neuremberg Jetton - Searching for Shakespeare
WEBIn the early 1500s, Nuremberg became England’s main supplier of jettons. Other recovered examples, from London and elsewhere, are known to have remained in circulation for some time. When circulated, they were used as substitutes for farthings, half-farthings and halfpence.
Tokens and Jettons - The Portable Antiquities Scheme
WEBFrench Jetton, many carrying a fleur de lis design, are increasingly common finds from the 15th century and an enormous array of types produced in Nuremberg became the most common types in the 16th century, of which a design based around a rose and orb are amongst the most frequently found.
The Inscriptions on Nuremburg Jetons - Mernick
WEBThe jeton masters of the 16th century began by placing personal symbols or abbreviated forms of their names (i.e. IO SU for Iorg Schultes) on their jetons, but the Town Council of Nuremburg later made the full name of the masters obligatory.
Jettons or Reckoning Counters - Mernick
WEBNuremberg: This city was the prime source of the jettons used in Britain from the middle of the 16th century. The earliest seems to be a very extensive series of mostly small (approx. 20mm) brass counters with an amazing variety of types, including bishop, horse, monkey, shields, and also the reichapfel or orb which is almost a Nuremberg trade ...
Nuremberg 3 - BC&A
WEBThe Jeton Types. The jetons illustrated below are examples of those that are most commonly found in Britain. For each type, there are usually many minor design variations (varieties), and reverses and obverses are sometimes paired …
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