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De Vlaamse Olijfberg - Gent
| Issuer | De Vlaamse Olijfberg |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Value | 150 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Central design features an olive tree rising from a stylized rocky or hillside base, its leafy branches prominently spread across the field, bearing visible fruit. To the lower left of the trunk appears a cartouche or heraldic shield with an unidentified arms, and to the lower right a shield bearing a rampant lion, likely the arms of Flanders or Ghent. A small six-pointed star or asterisk ornament is positioned at the top of the field above the tree. The circular legend DE VLAAMSE OLIJFBERG runs around the periphery in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE VLAAMSE OLIJFBERG |
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De Vlaamse Olijfberg — "The Flemish Mount of Olives" — was a Christian youth movement based in Ghent operating within the broader landscape of Flemish Catholic associative life. Token issues like this one were produced for internal use, most likely tied to fundraising events or membership activities rather than commercial exchange. Alpaca, a copper-nickel-zinc alloy marketed under various trade names, was the standard choice for Belgian association tokens of this period precisely because it struck cleanly and resisted the corrosion common to cheaper zinc alloys used elsewhere.