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Jettons

Scope note

Inscribed counters or tokens used for reckoning accounts since the 13th century; often copies of contemporary coins; used after the 16th century mostly as souvenir pieces.

This term has 72 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

3000191481

Broader Terms used

<semi-monetary tokens>

Equivalent Terms used

jeton

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Contrôleurs Généraux des Rentes

Maker(s)

Ruler: Louis XIV (1643-1715) (Struck in the rule of)
State: France
Place of use: Colmar, Paris

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: Nuremberg

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jetons and jewelry pieces

Maker(s)

Ruler: Louis XIV (1643-1715) (Struck in the name of)
State: France
Place of use: Colmar, Paris

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: Tournai

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

Jettons

Maker(s)

Artist: Krauwinckel, Hans, II
Mint: Nuremberg
Ruler: Henry IV (1589-1610) (Struck in the name of)

Jettons

Maker(s)

Mint: uncertain

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