1 Brood - Voor ons recht Deinze ND

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Abbreviated text around center hole:
Samenwerkende Maatschappij
Voor Ons Recht (Name of Cooperative), Deinze (Name of city)
Goede voor een brood

Script: Latin

Lettering:
. SAMENW. MAATSCH:
. VOOR ONS RECHT DEINZE.
.GOED VOOR EEN BROOD. *

Translation:
Cooperative Society
For Our Law, Deinze
Good for one (loaf of) bread

Comment

The socialist cooporation “Voor Ons Recht” was founded in 1906 in Deinze (Belgium), and was taken over by “VOORUIT” in Ghent in 1932. Three varieties of bread tokens were minted in 1932. They are listed as #100A, #100B and #100C in the catalog “Het huisgeld van de Gentse S.M. VOORUIT Nr.1” - Andre Despretz, 1982. The differences are small:
 

100A: “MAATSCHAPPIJ” and “DEINZE” are separated by a single dot, both on the obverse and the reverse.

100B:“MAATSCHAPPIJ” and “DEINZE” are separated by a double dot(":"), both on the obverse and the reverse.

100C: “MAATSCHAPPIJ” and “DEINZE” are separated by a single dot on the obverse, and by a double dot (":") on the reverse.

Some tokens were milled with damaged or worn dies: the ring of pearls has become a solid line over a range of 5 to 12 pearls, as the die was suffering more damage over time.

Another common fault is a pattern of irregular lines (because of cracks in the die) between the lettering.

Some tokens have a very off-centered hole, touching the inner ring of pearls.

Type A:

Type B:

Note that the alignment of the double dots is slightly different on obverse and reverse.

ERRORS:

Type C, error: part of the ring of pearls has become a solid line:

Type C, error: “wires” (caused by cracks in die):

Type A, error: eccentric hole:

Source: “Het huisgeld van de Gentse S.M. VOORUIT Nr. 1” - Andre Despretz, 1982.