Tokens & Jetons: What to Record

Identification

Occasion / subject Text Medals & tokens

Person, event or idea the medal honours.

Medallist Text Medals & tokens

Artist who designed or engraved the medal, e.g. Karl Goetz, Oscar Roty.

Issuer Text Medals & tokens

State, ruler, city or bank that issued the piece, e.g. Roman Empire, Kingdom of France, Free City of Hamburg, Deutsche Bundesbank.

Year Year Medals & tokens

Year of making, issue or publication when known exactly.

Mint Text Medals & tokens

Mint or place of striking, e.g. Philadelphia, Paris, Rome, Antioch.

Catalogue references Text Medals & tokens

Catalogue numbers with the catalogue named; coins KM, Numista N, Schoen, Jaeger (J.), ancient RIC, RRC, RPC, Sear (SG), SNG; banknotes Pick, Rosenberg, Friedberg.

Token type Choice, or your own

Purpose of the token.

• Trade / merchant token
• Transport token
• Gaming / casino chip
• Communion / church token
• Jeton / reckoning counter
• Advertising token
• Emergency token (Notgeld)

Design

Obverse Text Medals & tokens

Front (head) side, design and legend as read, e.g. bust of Trajan right; IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC.

Reverse Text Medals & tokens

Back side, design and legend as read.

Physical

Metal Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Main metal or alloy.

17 choices

• Gold
• Silver
• Billon
• Electrum
• Platinum
• Palladium
• Copper
• Bronze
• Brass
• Nickel
• Copper-nickel
• Nickel-brass
• Aluminium
• Aluminium-bronze
• Zinc
• Iron / steel
• Bimetallic

Weight (g) Number Medals & tokens

Weight of the object (without stand, frame or holder unless noted).

Diameter (mm) Number Medals & tokens

Diameter at the widest point.

Shape Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Outline of the flan.

• Round
• Polygonal
• Scalloped
• Square
• Holed
• Irregular (hammered / cut)

Edge Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

Treatment of the edge.

• Plain
• Reeded
• Lettered
• Decorated
• Security edge
• Interrupted reeding

Edge inscription Text Medals & tokens

Lettering on the edge as read, e.g. EINIGKEIT UND RECHT UND FREIHEIT.

Condition

Grade Choice Medals & tokens

Condition by wear on the Sheldon scale, with the German abbreviation; uncirculated and proof grades are refined by the numeric grade.

11 choices

• Poor (P-1)
• Fair (FR-2)
• About good (AG-3)
• Good (G-4 to G-6; ge)
• Very good (VG-8 to VG-10; s-)
• Fine (F-12 to F-15; s)
• Very fine (VF-20 to VF-35; ss)
• Extremely fine (EF-40 to EF-45; vz)
• About uncirculated (AU-50 to AU-58; vz-st)
• Uncirculated (MS-60 to MS-70; st)
• Proof (PR-60 to PR-70; PP)

Condition notes Text Medals & tokens

Faults, wear and damage in detail.

Acquisition

How and when the object came into the collection.

Acquisition date Date Medals & tokens

Date the object came into the collection.

Acquisition method Choice, or your own Medals & tokens

How the object came into the collection.

• Purchase
• Auction
• Gift
• Inheritance
• Exchange / trade
• Self-collected / found
• Commission

Acquired from Text Medals & tokens

Seller, auction house (with sale and lot number), donor or place where it was found.

Purchase price Amount Medals & tokens

Price paid including fees and premiums.

Provenance Text Medals & tokens

Earlier owners and the object's history, oldest first, with sources (labels, invoices, sale catalogues).

Value

Estimated and insured value.

Estimated value Amount Medals & tokens

Current market value as estimated.

Valuation date Date Medals & tokens

Date of the current value estimate.

Valuation basis Choice Medals & tokens

What the estimated value is based on.

• Own estimate
• Recent sales / auction results
• Dealer offer
• Catalogue value
• Professional appraisal
• Insurance valuation

Insured value Amount Medals & tokens

Sum the object is insured for.

Collection record

Your own inventory data.

Inventory number Text Medals & tokens

Your own number or label for the object, e.g. C-0042, as written on its label or album page.

Storage location Text Medals & tokens

Where the object is kept, e.g. room, cabinet, drawer, album and page, box.