1730 Silver "Ratszeichen" Token [gelöst]

Here's something a little different - a token issued to Senators in Cologne to be exchanged for a flagon of wine. Struck intermittently between 1730 and 1797 the date of 1730 was unchanged. Billon with a copper plug to deter forgers. The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.

$30 including shipping. Cash, PayPal or junk silver. Will consider trade for quality UK pre decimal coins at $40.

I will take it please.
PM sent.

Verweis : "pnightingale"The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.

​LOL! It looks more like someone's nose bleed than a bi-metallic.

Verweis : "pnightingale"​ The guy who I got it from told me that it's the first ever bi-metallic coin.

​The guy you got it from was very wrong, then.

Even considering coins with plugs such as these to be "bi-metallic", just off the top of my head I can think of some English copper-plugged tin farthings issued decades earlier, under the Stuarts.