Rechenpfennig with Scales

 

Text / hand with scales
1594 - Dordrecht, Netherlands

CALCVLVS A RATIONIBVS PROVINCIARVM FOEDER INFER GERM HABITIS CID ID XCIIII
Text in 5 lines, date above line, rosette below

IVSTA RATIO / FIRMVM SERVANDI FOEDERIS VINCVLVM
A hand from the clouds holds scales

 

 

 

 

Hand with scales / coat of arms in a wreath
1666 - Dijon, France

AMOR MEVS PONDVS MEVM / 1666 (My love is my weight)
The hand holds the scales, where on one side the heart, on the other weights

BENIC BOVLIER CON DV ROV VIC MAI DE DIION (Bénigne Bouillet, King's Counselor, Viscount, Mayor of Dijon)
Coat of arms of Dijon

 

 

 

 

Hand with scales / tree, mountains and cornucopia
1674-1711 - Clausthal, Germany - Heinrich Bonhorst

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

 

 

 

 

Hand with scales / crowned coat of arms
1674-1711 - Clausthal, Germany - Heinrich Bonhorst

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

 

 

 

 

Scales, blast furnace and wardrobe / a dove with a branch in its beak flies over clouds and mountains
1674-1711 - Clausthal, Germany - Heinrich Bonhorst

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

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

 

 

 

 

Hand with scales / deer in front of tree
1750-1765 - Stolberg, Germany - Julian Eberhard Volkmar Claus

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

IVLIANVS EBERH VOLCKMAR CLAUS HOCHGRAE STOLB M MEIST (Ivlianus Eberhard Volkmar Claus county Stohlberg munzmaster)
Deer in front of column

 

 

 

 

Woman with scales / man sitting on wheel
1758-1777 - Clausthal, Germany - Johann Wilhelm Schlemm

OMNIA CUM PONDERE NUMERO & MENSURA (Everything has weight, number and measure) / I.VV.S. (Iohann Wilhelm Schlemm)
Fortuna stands in a toga and helmet, holding scales and a cornucopia from which coins are pouring out

FORTUNA VARIABILIS (Luck is fickle)
Fortune sits at the helm, holds the sail

 

 

 

 

Woman with scales / woman with ribbon on the seashore
1753-1780 - Clausthal, Germany - Johann Wilhelm Schlemm

OMNIA CUM PONDERE NUMERO & MENSURA (Everything has weight, number and measure) / I.VV.S. (Iohann Wilhelm Schlemm)
Equitas stands with scales, a cornucopia, a triangle and a plumb line

FORTUNA VARIABILIS (Luck is fickle)
Fortuna with a sail on a globe, with a sailing ship in the background

 

 

 

 

Woman with scales / board, racket, dice
1753-1780 - Clausthal, Germany - Johann Wilhelm Schlemm

OMNIA CUM PONDERE NUMERO & MENSURA (Everything has weight, number and measure)
Standing female figure with plumb line and scales, cornucopia at her feet

CONSILIO ET FORTUNA (Planning and luck) / I.VV.S. (Iohann Wilhelm Schlemm)
Game board, badminton, cards and dice cup