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School jeton: jeton showing the calculation with jetons and the alphabet

Also known as: Schoolpenning: rekenpenning waarop het werken met rekenpenningen en het alfabet worden getoond

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1525 - c. 1575

Copper jeton. Obverse: man standing behind a table, on which lines are drawn and jetons lie within a decorative border. Reverse: alphabet in five lines arranged one above the other within a decorative border.

The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-3-912; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.8 cm x weight 6.22 g. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
0

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Physical characteristics

Material
copper (metal)
Technique
striking (metalworking)
Measurements
diameter 2.8 cm x weight 6.22 g
Dimensions museum
diameter 2.8 cm x weight 6.22 g

Design

Obverse
man standing behind a table, on which lines are drawn and jetons lie within a decorative border.
Reverse
alphabet in five lines arranged one above the other within a decorative border.

Identification

Original title
Schoolpenning: rekenpenning waarop het werken met rekenpenningen en het alfabet worden getoond
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-VG-3-912
Museum classification
jeton

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Research required

  • Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, weight, diameter and catalogue references against numismatic (jeton) references.
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