Record ID: CORN-0BA0A8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy French jetton or reckoning counter, depicting the shield of France on the obverse, which dates it to c.1415-1437, struck in Tournai, probably after 1423 when King Charles VII of France (1422-1461) introduced the silver Blanc à la coronelle (coin). Mitchener (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 227, No.688. Jettons first appeared in England during the reign of Edward I (1271-1307) and carried on to the end of the reign of Richard II (1377-1399). By that time, jettons began to come in to England from the Continent, initially from Tournai, now in Belgium, and t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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