Rechenpfennig Clausthal by Heinrich Bonhorst

rechenpfennig in murtis fertilis

1674-1711
copper
26 mm. 4.50 g.

PONDERE VIRTUTIS LIBRANDA NEGOTIA CUNCTA (All things should be measured by the weight of virtue)
The hand of God, peering out from the cloud, holds the scales

IN MULTIS FERTILIS (In many fertile)
Mining hoist, two workers operate the winch, two cornucopias with mined wealth

rechenpfennig omnia pondere

1674-1711
copper
28 mm. 4.50 g.

OMNIA PONDERE NUMERO ET MESURA (Weight all things by number and measure)
The hand of God, peering out from the cloud, holds the scales

HEINRICH BONHORST CURF BR L M D Z C (Heinrich Bonhorst kurfürstlich Braunschweig-Lüneburgischer Münzdirektor zu Clausthal)
Crowned shield with a griffin

rechenpfennig respondent intima

1674-1711
copper
28 mm. 4.50 g.

RESPONDENT INTIMA QVATRO (Answer four questions)
Scales and melting furnace

QVIESCAMET QVIESCERE FACIAM (I will make a quiet face)
Pigeon over mountain landscape