100 Sueven - Zwevegem

Zwevegem is a municipality in West Flanders whose name derives from the Suebi — the Germanic tribal confederation that pushed into Roman Gaul. This 1983 piece is a local necessity coin, issued to circulate within a specific commercial or festival circuit rather than through national monetary channels. Belgium saw a proliferation of such municipal and event tokens through the 1970s and 1980s, a practice rooted in older Flemish market fair traditions dating back centuries.

The GMJ reference places it firmly within Josette Mul's cataloguing of Belgian local issues, which remains the authoritative index for this material.