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Full denomination set of four copper Mechelen, Belgium, undated church tokens (1888), St. Rumbold's

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Full denomination set of four copper Mechelen, Belgium, undated church tokens (1888), St. Rumbold's
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Full denomination set of four copper Mechelen, Belgium, undated church tokens (1888), St. Rumbold's Cathedral, in PCGS slabs: 100 centimes, MS62BN; 75 centimes, MS62RB; 50 centimes, MS64RB; and 25 centimes, MS64RD. Choice complete set of four different denominations, all with at least some violet toning and traces of original luster (especially on the middle two), all with lion in shield between S and R (for St. Rumbold) on one side and denomination within (or below, on the smallest) legends referring to the Ecclesia Metropolitana Mechliniae (Metropolitan Church of Mechelen), no others graded by PCGS or NGC and apparently quite rare in Mint State. The unusually shaped St. Rumbold's Cathedral was supposed to be the tallest church tower in the world (a superlative owned instead by the Ulm Minster in Germany), but its construction was abandoned in the early 1500s due to financial reasons. Tokens like these mostly likely were used in the administration of alms to the needy during a lull in government services to that effect.
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