note: extra-large token

1980 Belgium 25 Oostendse Florijn Municipal Token {1-year issue} 

This occasional currency was a local currency in 1980 and was worth 25 francs from July 15 to September 15.

The Ostend Company (Dutch: Oostendse Compagnie; French: Compagnie d'Ostende), officially the General Company Established in the Austrian Netherlands for Commerce and Navigation in the Indies was a chartered trading company in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) in the Holy Roman Empire which was established in 1722 to trade with the East and West Indies. It took its name from the Flemish port city of Ostend.

FEATURING
front: An allegorical figure and a 18th century ship. Legend in exergue with creation date of the Ostendse Cie, Generale Keizerlijke in Koninklijke India Company, which operated until 1731 trade between Europe and China from the Austrian Netherlands.

Lettering:
OOSTENDSE COMPAGNIE
1722 1980

back: Under a terrestrial globe, the coats of arms of the Ostend Cie and of the city of Ostend

Lettering:
25
OOSTENDSE FLORIJN
IN OMLOOP TE OOSTENDE VAN 15 JUNI TOT 15 SEPTEMBER 1980

• quantity 1
• demonetized {no longer in circulation} polished Brass plated steel token
• diameter: 30 mm
• weight: 7.73 g

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