frank Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 I bought this rather battered jeton a few years ago and, lacking any reference work on German jetons, have been fishing around the internet ever since for clues to its meaning and origin. The obverse appears to show a royal figure, with the legend ARBEIT VND TVGENT MACHT EDEL. There is a Krauwinckel jeton with a similar legend: ARBEIT UND TUGEND MACHEN DICH EDEL "Industry and Virtue make thee noble." Are the initials H L referring to one of the Lauffers? The reverse shows (I think) a skeleton rising from a graveyard --with an arrow thru the ribs, nice touch-- with a legend I can't quite figure out: DEN KVMPT DER DODT GIBT DEN LON. I suppose DODT is TODT, Death, and KVMPT might refer to accounts etc... Can anyone illuminate me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freek Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 This is a counter made by Hans Lauffer, who worked in Nuremberg. He was born in 1584 and died in 1632. He hwas made a lot of counters and this is a beautiful one. Freek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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