Bread token - Brood Pinning De Werkman - Ledeberg 5
Bread token - Brood Pinning De Werkman - Ledeberg 5
€407,829.00
Location
Belgium
Year
1883-1892
Type
Trade tokens › Co-operative
tokens
Composition
Brass
Weight
Diameter
31 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled (Produced by
A.Fisch, Brussels)
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Plain
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
In the center: a handshake of two hands, with rays, inside a ring of pearls. Written at the top, along the rim: `MAATSCHAPPIJ DE WERKMAN` At the bottom, along the rim: ` LEDEBERG` between two five-petaled flowers Below, in small print: `A. FISCH`
Obverse lettering
MAATSCHAPPIJ DE WERKMAN
LEDEBERG
A. FISCH (Translation: COOPERATION THE WORKER LEDEBERG (a Belgian town) A. Fisch (the name of the engraver/manufacturer))
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
In the center: `5` inside a ring of pearls Written along the rim, at the top: `BROOD PINNING` A `+` sign both left and right to separate top and bottom text Written along the rim, at the bottom: ` DE NAMAKER ZAL VERVOLGD WORDEN`
Reverse lettering
5
BROOD PINNING
DE NAMAKER ZAL VERVOLGD WORDEN (Translation: 5 BREAD TOKEN (the word `PINNING` should be read as ` PENNING`) THE FORGERER WILL BE PROSECUTED)