Counter Token - Hans Krauwinckel II ND

Reverse

Imperial orb within a tressure of three arches and three angles

Script: Latin

Lettering: GLVCK• BESCHERT• IST• VN• GEWERT

Translation: Fortune given is not guaranteed

Engraver: Hans Krauwinckel II

Edge

Plain

Comment

Hans Krauwinckel and his son of the same name struck a great deal of beautiful tokens over the period of their lifetimes in the late renaissance period.

While the pieces are not coins, they are a form of tokens or jetons known as 'Rechenpfennige', or 'counting money', implying that they were used in place of valuable coins to assist in accounting.

They were struck by:
Hans Krauwinckel I (from 1562 to 1586)
Damian Krauwinckel, Hans' brother (from 1543 to 1581)
Hans Krauwinckel II, Hans' son (from 1586 to 1635)

Many designs are known, and materials ranging from copper to brass, sometimes silvered or gilded, with the value mostly depending on the condition of the jeton. Cody's piece is know as a 'Markuspfennig', while another more common design has an orb in a trilobe on one side, and a rosette surrounded by three crowns and three fleur-de-lis on the other side

More info: https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins.pl?coin=15890

@courtesy of: http://www.mernick.org.uk/bexley/article3.htm
The following is a list of the most common inscriptions used by the jeton masters of the period circa 1550 - 1630:

LIB MICH ALS ICH DIH Love me as I love you.
GOTES SEGEN MACHT REICH God's blessing brings riches.
DAS WORT GOTES BLIBT EWICK God's Word remains eternal.
GOTES GABEN SOL MAN LOB One should praise God's gifts.
GOTES REICH BLIBT EWICK God's Kingdom remains eternal.
GOTT ALLEIN DIE EERE SEI To God alone the glory.
SOLI DEO GLORIA To God alone the glory.
HEIT ROTT MORGEN DOTT Red today, dead tomorrow.
GLVCK KVMBT VON GOT ALEIN Happiness (luck or fortune) comes from God alone.
GLVCK KVMBT VON GOT IST WAR Happiness comes from God, is true.
GLVCK BESCHERT IST VNGEWERT Fortune given is not guaranteed.
GETRIVW HANDT KOMBT DURCH ALLE Truth succeeds over all.
VERBVM DOMINI MANET IN ETERN The Word of God remains eternal.
VER GOT VERTRAUT HAT (auf keinen Sand gebaut) Whoever trusts in God has (not built on a sand foundation).
ANFANG BEDENCK DAS ENDT (At the) beginning consider the end.
GLVCK UND GLAS WIE BALD BRICT DAS Luck (or fortune) and glass how soon they break.
NEYDT THUT IHM SELBST LEYDT Envy does oneself harm.
FLEISIGE RECHNUMG MACHT RICHTIKEIT Diligent accounting makes for correctness.

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
ND (1586-1636)		-	-	-	-	-	-

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