Box title: Jetton, or counter [realia].
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Title
Box title: Jetton, or counter [realia].
Created/published
[16th or 17th century?]
Description
1 coin ; diam 28 mm
Note
"A jetton, or counter, used for the purposes of calculation, especially in cases of complex and difficult adjustment. All reckonings were anciently adjusted among the illiterate and vulgar, by the help of these small circular pieces of base metal." -- J.O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
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Cited/described in
Some account of the antiquities, coins, manuscripts, rare books, ancient documents, and other reliques illustrative of the life and works of Shakespeare, 1
Call number
H-P Reliques no.1 (realia)