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Auction 6  9 Oct 2018
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Lot 265
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Germany > Bavaria > Fürth: Kornjude "Pricelist" jeton variant, 1772, by Johann Christian Reich; struck in pewter(?); size: 29mm; weight: 7.1g; medallic strike. Obverse: Jewish grain peddler facing right, with goat (not devil) on sack, to open jaws of alligator; legend: "Korn Iud (sic) Ver Zweifel [no period] U. Geh Zum" ['The Corn Jew Branches out and Goes Forth']; in exergue: "Theure Zeit 1772" ['Expensive Times 1772']. Reverse: 11-line pricelist of food items for year 1771 with bar above Reich's name. Obverse similar to Friedenberg JM-117; reverse unlike Kirschner #23/ Brett-1909; identical to Kuenker 143 #1897 (but their Fieweger-89 reference is not precise). In VF+.
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