[5 frank token from the Vooruit socialist cooperative in Ghent, Belgium]
Ghent: Vooruit, 1928. 1.5 inch diameter token dated 1928 (the die recut over 1921), with a countermark under the depiction of the statue on the obverse. Vooruit means “Forward,” and the slogan around the obverse translates “Cooperation through the uplift of the working class.” A heavy, substantial token, larger than a US 50 cent piece.
Cat.No: 246541
Price: $15.00
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1920S,
Belgium Belgian,
Co-operative, Co-operatives,
European History,
European Social Movements,
labor-european,
Numismatics