100 Centimes - Asile St Martin - Dave ND

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Lettering: 100

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There are 7 tokens of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 centimes...

"The series of tokens for the St.-Martin (Dave) institution. The tokens used at Dave all have the same diameter of 23 mm. The difference between the values is made by the value number on the reverse, the metal used and the perforations. The obverse contains the legend: at the top ASILE, in the middle ST-MARTIN and at the bottom the name of the institution DAVE. All tokens are round with a smooth edge.

100 : red copper

50 : red copper with perforation

25 : yellow copper

10 : yellow copper with perforation

5: zinc

2: zinc with perforation

1: zinc with perforation

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Information translated from DE MUNTKLAPPER: https: //www.egmp-vzw.be/Pdf/online_artikels/Muntkl98A.pdf

"The creation of the Saint-Martin establishment in Dave, in the province of Namur, is revealing in more ways than one. In the absence of an establishment for the provinces of Namur and Luxembourg, in the 1890s the government turned to a religious congregation, the Brothers of Charity, to build an asylum. In 1901, the hospital was opened to around 150 patients; four years later, there were more than 650. Dave's example is representative on several levels. Firstly, because the Belgian state was not directly involved. Secondly, in the role played by the Brothers of Charity. In the second half of the ^19th century, this congregation became one of the main players in Belgian psychiatry. Between 1857 and 1938, they built ten psychiatric asylums."

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoire_de_la_psychiatrie_en_Belgique