1 Broodkaart - Dendermonde
1880 year| Aluminium | 1.2 g | - |
| Location | Belgium |
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens |
| Year | 1880 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.2 g |
| Size | 21 mm |
| Shape | Square |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#86087 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 83% |
Reverse
Text around numeral 1, two dots: one left, and right of the number, at the foot.
A decoration below the number.
Script: Latin
Lettering: 1 . Broodkaart .
Translation: 1 Bread card (voucher/token)
Comment
This is a token of the socialist consumer organization (or cooperative) Vooruit (Forward) (1880-1970) which was founded as a cooperative bakery to protect the factory workers against the instability of big capital. The token bears the date 1880, the year that Vooruit was established in Ghent (Belgium), later editions were always issued with the year 1880. Dendermonde (Belgium) joined Vooruit much later, but the 1880 remained on the tokens.
This token is not listed in “Het Huisgeld van de Gentse S.M. VOORUIT Nr. 1” (Andre Despretz, 1982). Following the system of the catalog, it should have been listed as #9.
Tokens with medal alignment exist.
