Frankfurt - 1809

1 Atribuo
Obverse - 1 Atribuo - 1809 Obverse - 1 Atribuo - 1809
Obverse - Within a simple shield a hand grasps a branch. To either side and below, two additional branches. Two dots.
Reverse - I / ATRIBUO / 1809
Size, 19 mm.
Neumann 32027, listed in his Beschreibung der bekanntesten Kupferm�nzen under "Frankfurt" along with two similar tokens, the three described as "die sogennanten Judenpfennige".
This small token was identified by the dealer who sold it to me as a "Jewish" coin of the Frankfurt ghetto.
 
"By the way, it wasn't money Napoleon wanted from the Jews, it was men, cannon fodder. The Sanhedrin he arranged was essentially to get a religious decision that Jewish soldiers were not bound to obey the dietary laws of that people." - David Block
 
Thanks as usual to David Block for the enlightening information, both the identification and the comment above.