Following a recent excavation at Leiston Abbey, experts have found a Nuremberg jetton which they are casually calling a “medieval poker chip”.
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Used in the Middle Ages as a form of currency, historians believe that lower value jettons were used as tokens for gaming purposes which could include games of poker.
Commenting on the find, Maiya Pina-Dacier told the BBC that the coin was “used as an informal currency” and is “evidence people were gaming” between the 5th and 15th Century.
