1 Franc - Hôtel de la Citadelle Namur

1 Franc - Hôtel de la Citadelle Namur - obverse1 Franc - Hôtel de la Citadelle Namur - reverse

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Features

Location Belgium
Type Trade tokens › Co-operative token
Years 1899-1914
Value 1 Franc
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 2.90 g
Diameter 24.5 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
148859

Obverse

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Script: Latin

Lettering:
HOTEL DE LA CITADELLE
° NAMUR °

Reverse

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Script: Latin

Lettering: 1 F

Edge

Smooth

Comments

This token was intended to get a discount on the price of the stay.
This hotel was established on the site of the citadelle of Namur and was connected from its inauguration on May 21, 1899 by a funicular which took its departure to the plant. On August 23, 1914, the hotel was heavily bombed, resulting in destruction and a violent fire. It was never rebuilt.
The present token bears the traces of this fire-casting and twisting of the metal and blackening - ,which was found at the scene by a worker during the clearing. It is therefore left in the condition in which it was discovered.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1899-1914) 

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