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café de la Place - LIMPERTSBERG ND
| Brass | 3.8 g | 24 mm |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Restaurant, bar, cafe and hotel tokens |
| Years | 1926-1927 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.8 g |
| Diameter | 24 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#334363 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
In the field, in three lines, the name of the intermediary house followed by three five-pointed stars, surrounded by the circular legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
★ KEGELBAHNFABRIK ★
SOLD
PERE & FILS
★★★
LUXEMBOURG
Edge
Plain
Comment
Established by François Blom and Claire Hopp. The café was located at 25, Allée Scheffer in Limpertsberg, Luxembourg City. The Blom-Hopp couple ran the establishment from 1919 to 1945. Following Claire Hopp's death, François Blom managed the establishment for a further 5 years.In 1950, the establishment was taken over by their daughter, Mariechen Blom.
© d'Lëtzebuerger Land 27/05/1983
It was at this time that singer and pianist Hortense Haas, better known as "Dancy", gave numerous concerts at the Café de la Place. Dancy, who in the past had performed in Paris with Edith Piaf and Maurice Chevalier, was by this time so broke that Mariechen Blom offered him a room above the Café de la Place.
The Café de la Place and adjacent buildings were demolished in 1971.
Weiller type token no. 32, commissioned by the bowling manufacturer himself and minted at the Fisch & Co workshop in Brussels between 1926 and 1927. The Blom-Hopp couple had three different tokens struck, one of which is identical to the present token but in aluminum.
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Jean and Jean-Pierre Sold's factory, also located in Limpertsberg (a district of Luxembourg City), manufactured bowling sets from the 1920s (the exact date remains unknown) until 1959.
