Anybody know anything about this farm or prison token? Counterstamped "H" that kind of blocks a word that might help ID it. Maybe someone here is smart enough they don't need that word (but I do)
Pretty sure the first word should be DEPOT. Such a "dépôt agricole" (not sure why the E at the end is missing) was a sort of prison domain where people had to work in agriculture. In Merksplas (Dutch-Flemish spelling), in Northern Belgium, there was such a place, see here (page in Dutch), between 1824 and 1993. Here are two other, similar prison/colony tokens: http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=547&category=12252&lot=566966 http://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=547&category=12252&lot=566967 Christian
King Albert I (1909-1934). 50 centimes 1912, silver .835, weight - 2,5 g., size - 18 mm, mintage - 1000000 pcs. Engraver Godefroid Devreese Belgian sculptor and medalist). A coins of this type were released at 1910-1912 and 1914. Demonetized at July 30 1932.
King Albert I. 25 centimes 1920, copper-nickel, weight - 6,5 g., size - 26 mm, thickness - 1,78 mm, mintage - 2844000 pcs. Engraver: Alphonse Michaux. Legend on French. Coins of this type were released at 1913, 1920-23 and 1926-29. Demonetized at January 30 1967.
King Albert I. 50 centimes 1923, nickel, weight - 2,5 g., size - 18 mm, thickness - 1,45 mm, mintage - 15000000 pcs. Engraver: Armand Bonnetain. Legend on Dutch. Coins of this type were released at 1922-23, 1928, 1930 and 1932-34. Demonetized at May 8 1953.
King Albert I. 1 franc 1935, nickel, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, thickness - 1,7 mm, mintage - 2238000 pcs. Engraver: Armand Bonnetain. Legend on Dutch. Coins of this type were released at 1922-23, 1928-39 and 1933-35. Demonetized at January 24 1949.
WWI. German Occupation. 50 centimes 1918, zinc, weight - 5 g., size - 24 mm, mintage - 7394000 pcs. Engraver: Alphonse Michaux. Demonetized at Оctober 1 1922.
King Albert I. 2 francs 1923, nickel, weight - 10 g., size - 27 mm, mintage - 6500000 pcs. Engraver: Armand Bonnetain. Legend on Dutch. Coins of this type were released at 1923, 1924 and 1930. Demonetized at October 26 1933.
