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Token - Café Gaul-Moser Bettembourg ND
| Brass | 3.65 g | 24.3 mm |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Restaurant, bar, cafe and hotel tokens |
| Years | 1946-1950 |
| Currency | Luxembourg - Restaurant Tokens |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.65 g |
| Diameter | 24.3 mm |
| Thickness | 1.32 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#84315 |
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| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
In the center is a Bock, a large half- or liter-sized glass of beer, with a legend underneath.
Script: Latin
Lettering: A. NIMAX LUXBG
Edge
Plain
Comment
Jean Gaul, originally from Erpeldange near Wiltz, married Catherine Moser and worked as a farmer in Gonderange. In November 1934, he bought a grocery store and café with a concession in Tuntange for 56,000 francs. This café, which opened on February 1, 1935, does not appear to have had a bowling alley, as no tokens are recorded for this establishment.Between 1946 and 1950, the Gaul-Moser couple ran a café at 15, route d'Esch in Bettembourg. Only one token is known for this establishment.
The Gaul-Moser couple had 3 children. The eldest daughter Suzette, and the two sons Jean-Pierre and Charles. Jean-Pierre dit Jempy was a baker. The younger son, Charles dit Charel, was an apprentice butcher in his uncle's butcher shop. In the late 1940s, Jean-Pierre presented his younger brother with a bicycle. This gift led to a career change for Charles. Charles, better known as Charly (Gaul), began a professional cycling career, winning the Tour de France and twice the Giro d'Italia.
Following his cycling career, Charly Gaul himself ran a café at 9, route de Thionville in Bonnevoie. This venture only lasted three months, however.
R. Weiller type token no. 46. This type was commissioned by the intermediary Auguste Nimax and struck at the Fisch & Cie workshop in Brussels.
