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Gostingen - Café Scharfhausen ND
| Aluminium | 1.2 g | 24.35 mm |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Restaurant, bar, cafe and hotel tokens |
| Years | 1928-1939 |
| Composition | Aluminium |
| Weight | 1.2 g |
| Diameter | 24.35 mm |
| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#372600 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Mug marked LUXEMBOURG
Script: Latin
Lettering: LUXEMBOURG
Edge
Plain
Comment
The establishment was run by father Nicolas Scharfhausen and his wife from the beginning of the 20th century. Following the father's death in 1928, son Nicolas Scharfhausen and wife Marie Müller took over the café. The present token was issued during this period. Marie Müller died in 1957, and the widower continued to run the business until the early 1970s. The café remains in the family thereafter. The establishment no longer exists.At the time of writing his first book, Raymond Weiller had not yet identified this token. At the time, he had listed it under "indeterminate tokens" with the number Mα 141. In his second catalog, he correctly attributed it to the Scharfhausen café.
Token commissioned by the intermediary house Aloyse Anen of Luxembourg and struck by the workshop Fisch & Cie of Brussels. Weiller-type token no. 21, minted from ± 1918 to 1939. The Scharfhausen café token was struck between 1928 and 1939. This type was used for numerous tokens, and to date 159 Luxembourg tokens using these dies (Weiller type no. 21) are known.
