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Altwies - Café Reyter-Manes ND
| Aluminium | 0.86 g | 23.7 mm |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Restaurant, bar, cafe and hotel tokens |
| Years | 1935-1939 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 0.86 g |
| Diameter | 23.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.21 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#375664 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Pan-dried mug surrounded at the top and bottom by a legend consisting of the name and locality of the intermediary house.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ADAM LENNIG
LUXEMBOURG
Edge
Plain
Comment
Token from Emile Reyter and Yvonne Manes' café at 9, rue Jean-Pierre Koppes in Altwies. Emile Reyter took over his parents' business in the early 1930s. Trained as a master carpenter, he practiced both trades in parallel until the outbreak of the Second World War. Emile Reyter died in 1953, and his widow ran the café for some time before putting it up for sale in October 1955. The establishment was taken over by Mrs. Schmit-Hau. The widow Reyter-Manes took over the "Colmar-Stuff" in May 1958,Weiller type token no. 28, ordered by the intermediary firm and minted by Fisch & Cie in Brussels. The café Reyter token was struck between 1935 and 1939.
An unusual token, not listed by R. Weiller in his works.
The token on the Numista sheet has a hand-crafted counter-mark on the right. The counter-mark, "RM" according to the tenants, was probably affixed following the rise in beer prices in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
