100 Marcheim - Merkem

Marcheim and Merkem are small West Flemish municipalities whose pairing here reflects the Belgian tradition of issuing local trade tokens and notgeld-style pieces tied to regional fairs, markets, or commemorative civic events — a practice that persisted well into the late twentieth century well outside formal state minting channels. The GMJ reference places this squarely in that documented series of Belgian local issues cataloged by Geert M. Janssen.