1 Tesselaar coin of Texel

[Abhay]

I have in my collection this coin - from TEXEL and denomination of 1 Tesselaar.

I tried searching this coin in all the catalogues, but could not find any reference.

Then I tried searching for TEXEL, and came up with this - an Island in Netherlands.

Is this a real coin in circulation?

Abhay

[chrisild]

Not actually a coin but a local souvenir issue. Many Dutch cities have issued such pieces; usually they can be had - and are accepted as means of payment - in local stores. Now that you know what/where Texel is let me add that "Tesselaar" is the word for somebody in/from Texel.

The Texel penning (the word penning means medal) and similar city issues are made by the mint in Utrecht. In many cases the occasion is a local jubilee or major festival. The name of the "denomination" usually refers to that occasion or the city. Here are three other (similar) pieces; please note that I do not know and have no affiliation with that store. I just noticed that they have several of these pieces, and nice photos too ...

Utrecht "1 Dommetje" 2004
http://www.zonnemunten.nl/catalog/penning-2004-utrecht-dommetje-p-2957.html
Leiden "2 Rembrandt" 2006
http://www.zonnemunten.nl/catalog/penning-leiden-2006-rembrandt-rembrandt-p-2956.html
Ijsselstein "5 Poorter" 2010
http://www.zonnemunten.nl/catalog/penning-2010-ijsselstein-poorter-jaar-stad-p-11965.html

Christian

[RVCOINS]

Hi Abhay,

by now you have around the approx. 200 cities medals you can collect. The value was 5 Guilders (2.20 Euro ) during a festival or anniversary and was legal tender within these cities.

I know the dealer below and is very reliable.

regards

Roland 

[Abhay]

Thanks a lot for the replies, Christian and Roland.

I am collecting coins from different countries of the world, and want to have at least one coin from as many countries/cities/states as possible. This is a great oppurtunity to increase the number of countries in my collection form 275 to maybe 400.

Abhay

[Bimat]

That's a very cool 'coin'! But do people really spend them? And since they can be (theoretically) spent,they are not 'medal coins' then! (Ohh sorry for the use of that word,but I couldn't avoid it )

Aditya

[Bimat]

Between,one more similar piece (from Poland this time )
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,2228.0.html

Aditya

[a3v1]

And since they can be (theoretically) spent,they are not 'medal coins' then! (Ohh sorry for the use of that word,but I couldn't avoid it )

What's wrong with the word "token"? These tokens all actually circulated, albeit very limited in both area and time.
Regards,
a3v1

[Bimat]

Ohh yeah,I should have called them tokens.

Aditya

[Figleaf]

FWIW, the signs on both sides of the date indicate that it was struck by the Dutch mint. Nevertheless, this is not a coin. It is likely to have been used as a promotion issue, redeemable in local shops.

Peter