Jeton

Thousands of different jetons exist, mostly of religious and educational designs, as well as portraits, the last of which most resemble coinage, somewhat similar to modern, non-circulation commemorative coins.

Throughout the 15th century competition from France and the Low Countries ended jeton manufacture in England, but not for long.

Mints in the Low Countries in the late Middle Ages in general produced the counters for official bookkeeping.

Specifically in the last quarter of the 16th century, where geuzen or "beggars" made important military contributions to the Dutch side and bookkeeping was already done without counters, the production in the North was just for propaganda.

As Arabic numerals and the zero came into use, "pen reckoning" gradually displaced "counter casting" as the common accounting method.

In Polish the word żeton, pronounced similarly to French jeton, refers both to tokens used in vending machines, phones etc.

Games that typically use jetons include Nain Jaune, Belote, Piquet, Ombre, Mistigri, Danish Tarok and Vira.

[citation needed] In France and other countries a jeton is also a token amount of money paid to members of a society or a legislative chamber each time they are present in a meeting.