Jeton Beqiri
Jetons or jettons are Token coin, tokens or coin-like medals produced across Europe from the 13th through the 18th centuries. They were produced as counters for use in calculation on a counting board, a lined board similar to an abacus. They also found use as a money substitute in games, similar to modern casino chips or poker chips. 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. The spelling "wikt:jeton, jeton" is from the French; it is sometimes spelled "wikt:jetton, jetton" in English. Roman calculi The Romans similarly used pebbles (in Latin: ''calculi'' "little stones", whence English ''calculate''). Addition is straightforward, and relatively efficient algorithms for multiplication and division were known. Arabic numerals As Arabic numerals and the 0, zero came into use, "pen reckoning" gradually displaced "coun ...
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