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Rechenpfennig - Louis XIV Cornelius Lauffer
| Location | Nuremberg, Free imperial city of |
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| Year | 1658-1670 |
| Type | Utility token |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Louis XIV facing right, with long curling hair, within a beaded border. The surrounding legend reads LVD: XIIII D:G: FR:ET:NAV: REX, identifying the king as Louis XIV of France and Navarre by the grace of God. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The French royal arms — a shield semé of fleurs-de-lis — surmounted by a royal crown, centered in the field within a beaded border. The surrounding legend attributes the token to Cornelius Lauffer as a Rechenpfennig (reckoning token) issued in Nuremberg. |
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