Catalogue information

LastDodo number
1963299
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
België 1 frank deeljeton 1880 "Vooruit, Gent"
Publisher
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Country
Year
1880
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Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
1Fr Deeljeton - Sam. Maatsch. Vooruit Gent
Reverse
VOORUIT - De namaker zal vervolgd worden
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A bread card is a form of distribution coupon for obtaining food. Bread cards were often in coin form (they are also called Bread tokens) made of a cheap metal type such as zinc and aluminum. This is a token of the socialist consumer organization (or cooperative) Vooruit (1880-1970), which was founded in 1880, first as a cooperative bakery Vooruit, to protect factory workers against the volatility of big capital. The medal bears the year 1880, the foundation year of the Vooruit in Ghent (Belgium), later editions were always issued with the year 1880.

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