| Location |
Belgium
|
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | S. M. Vooruit |
| Type | Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens |
| Year | 1880 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.2 g |
| Size | 21 mm |
| Shape | Square |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 86087 |
| References | Vooruit# – André Despretz; 1982. Het huisgeld van de Gentse S.M. Vooruit Nr. 1: The Token Money of the Ghent's S. M. Vooruit No. 1. Self-published, Gent, Belgium. |
Seated figure holding a branch, also a hammer, gear and beehive. Text in front
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DE NAMAKER ZAL VERVOLGD WORDEN
VOORUIT
GEWEST
DENDERMONDE
1880
Translation:
The counterfeiter will be prosecuted
Vooruit (Forward)
Region
Dendermonde
1880
Text around numeral 1, two dots: one left, and right of the number, at the foot.
A decoration below the number.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1 . Broodkaart .
Translation: 1 Bread card (voucher/token)
This is a token of the socialist consumer organization (or cooperative) Vooruit (Forward) (1880-1970) which was founded as a cooperative bakery to protect the factory workers against the instability of big capital. The token bears the date 1880, the year that Vooruit was established in Ghent (Belgium), later editions were always issued with the year 1880. Dendermonde (Belgium) joined Vooruit much later, but the 1880 remained on the tokens.
This token is not listed in “Het Huisgeld van de Gentse S.M. VOORUIT Nr. 1” (Andre Despretz, 1982). Following the system of the catalog, it should have been listed as #9.
Tokens with medal alignment exist.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1880 | Coin alignment | 92% | |||||||||||||
| 1880 | Medal alignment | 4% | |||||||||||||
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