nuremberg counters

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Circular pieces of brass, bearing various devices and inscriptions, largely made at Nuremberg in Germany, especially in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, by the families of Krauwinckle, Schultz, and others. They were chiefly made for nse on a counting-board or -table, to facilitate the casting up of accounts. Sometimes called, though incorrectly, Nuremberg tokens. See jetton.