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Walferdange - Café Birgen-Dichter ND
| Brass | 3.87 g | 24.5 mm |
| Location | Luxembourg |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Restaurant, bar, cafe and hotel tokens |
| Years | 1927-1930 |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.87 g |
| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.45 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | 20 January 1931 |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#300996 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Swan mug surrounded by the name and location of the middle house.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
A. LENNIG
LUXEMBOURG
Edge
Plain
Comment
Token for the establishment owned by Hubert Birgen and Catherine Dichter, located in Walferdange at the junction of rue de Diekirch and rue de la Gare.The Birgen-Dichter couple were farmers in Birkelt (Berdorf) until 1927. In July of that year, they sold their farm, livestock and crops and took over management of the former Junck-Tonnar café-restaurant in Walferdange. The Café Junck-Tonnar or Château Café, which also served as a hotel, covered an area of 2,000 m2 and included eighteen rooms, two apartments, a party hall and a bowling alley, for which this token was used. The Birgen-Dichter couple kept the establishment for only three years, selling it in January 1931 to Joseph Glaesener, a cafe owner on Limpertsberg,
Weiller type token no. 29, issued via the intermediary Adam Lennig and minted at the Fisch & Cie workshop in Brussels.
