Walferdange - Café Birgen-Dichter
Features
| 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 |
| Number | N# 300996 |
| References | Weiller# MW 004 Raymond Weiller; 1977. Les Monnaies Luxembourgeoises = Luxembourgish Coins. Institut supérieur d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. |
Obverse
The word CAFÉ in the field surrounded by the circular legend composed of the name of the owner and the locality.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
• BIRGEN •
CAFÉ
WALFERDANGE
Reverse
Swan mug surrounded by the name and location of the middle house.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
A. LENNIG
LUXEMBOURG
Edge
Plain
Comments
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.
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.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (1927-1930) | |||||||||||||||
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