1980 Belgium Ghent Gent 25 Gandae trade token coin pendant Saint Bavo Abbey bishop Saint Amandus Liege Flanders Ganda Leie Scheldt Bruges Limbourg Wallonia Namur Charleroi Schaerbeek Mechelenn 003624

NOTE: EXTRA LARGE TOKEN
Division ‏ : ‎ unisex-adult
Date First Accessible ‏ : ‎ August 1, 2019
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CJXL6M15
1980 Belgium Ghent Gent 25 Gandae Amandus 630-1980 commerce token {1-year-issue}
entrance: The ruins of St Bavo’s Abbey internal backyard or courtyard exhibiting the lavatorium Lettering: Stad gent sint baafsabdij lavatorium The abbey was on the peak of its glory within the eleventh century. In competitors with St Peter’s Abbey close by, it grew into a posh that included an abbey church, of which the ‘oldest wall in Ghent’ remains to be standing. In 1540, in revenge for the Ghent rebellion, Emperor Charles V ordered the demolition of the abbey. The encircling village was not spared both.
This brutal verdict (the ‘Concessio Carolina’) included an order {that a} Spanish fortress be constructed on the location of the abbey, sealing town’s defeat. again lettering: AMANDUS 630-1980 25 GANDAE IN OMLOOP TE GENT VAN 15 AUGUSTUS TUT 15 OKTOBER 1980 Amandus (c. 584 – 679), generally referred to as Saint Amand, was a bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht and one of many nice Christian missionaries of Flanders. He’s honored as a saint, significantly in France and Belgium. Identified for his hospitality, Saint Amand
is the patron saint of all who produce beer: brewers, innkeepers and bartenders. He’s additionally the patron of vine growers, vintners and retailers, and of Boy Scouts. His feast day is 6 February. Though principally revered in Flanders and Picardy, he’s additionally honored in England, the place at the least one personal chapel (at East Hendred in Oxfordshire) is devoted to him.
diameter: 30.28 mm {NOTE: EXTRA LARGE TOKEN, LARGER THAN SIZE OF A USA 25 CENT QUARTER COIN} weight: 7.75 g