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Counting Boards

by Chris Weeks

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A Counting Board in a Strasbourg Museum

Have you ever seen a counting table? The question occurred to me when I came across a very fine example in Strasbourg and wondered why I had never seen one before in any museum in Europe.

A Counting Board in a Strasbourg Museum
A Very Brief History of Counting Boards

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Counting boards used in colonial Jamestowne, VA

by SN Straatveit (posted: 10/09/2012 )

I saw a drawing of a counting board at Jamestowne, VA. It mentioned that Jettsons were used to track the transactions. Further stated that Arabic numerals were in very limited use at that time.

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