50 centimes - Spanagel troué

Features

Location	France
Type	Amusement tokens › Game machine and arcade tokens
Value	50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Nickel plated brass
Weight	2.41 g
Diameter	19.21 mm
Thickness	1.31 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	August 1937
Number	N# 535478

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Obverse

Face value above the issuer's name. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
SPANAGEL

Reverse

Face value above the issuer's name. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50
SPANAGEL

Edge

Plain.

Comments

Different sizes of center hole are available, see examples.

Usually in medal orientation, but there are tokens with other orientations, see examples.

A bistro slot machine token, like the "consumable" equivalents.

Henri Spanagel was a Parisian slot-machine manufacturer, based on rue Louis-Blanc, and documented from 1913 to 1936 (source: LEMAITRE Jean, 2008, Les machines à sous, ed. Alternative, p. 200).

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Différentes tailles du trou central existent, voir exemplaires.

Habituellement en orientation médaille mais il existe des jetons avec d'autres orientations, voir exemplaires.

Jeton de machine à sous de bistrot, comme les équivalents “à consommer”.

Henri Spanagel est un fabricant de machines à sous parisien, installé rue Louis-Blanc, et attesté de 1913 à 1936 (source : LEMAITRE Jean, 2008, Les machines à sous, éd. Alternative, p. 200).

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