Token - Spaarzaamheid Economie Oostende Ostende

Features

Location Belgium
Type Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Composition Brass
Weight 5.08 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
285841

Obverse

Round with text around center hole, with divided circle in middle, each semi-circle containing text.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* Spaarzaamheid Economie *
Oostende Ostende

Translation:
Thrift economy
Ostend

Reverse

Horn crossed by two anchors behind, lightning bolts with arrowheads crossed behind.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Consumption Cooperative Thrift Economy Ostend (Spaarzaamheid Economie Oostende) (SEO for short) is the largest cooperative has ever known in the province of West Flanders, Belgium. The organization provided years of work to hundreds of Ostend citizens.

SEO was founded on October 24, 1892, originally under the name "Cooperative Thrift Society" (Samenwerkende Maatschappij Spaarzaamheid). What began as a small cooperative company founded to purchase coal, grew over the years into a grand association. Their aim was through cooperation and joint efforts to establish a company that would deliver quality goods at the Ostend population at affordable prices.

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