Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8794509
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
Brugge Bodebus deurwaarders van het stadhuis 1929
Publisher
Value
Country
Year
1929
Collection / set
Material
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Variant 1 - messing
Obverse
b BRUGGE P.Hinderyckx 1929
Reverse
Privy mark
Mint mark
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
70mm x 3mm
Number
Details

There are 2 variants: - brass - silver Bodebus for the bailiffs of the town hall of Bruges with on the front the coat of arms of the city held by a lion and a bear and crowned by a crowned Gothic letter b. On presentation of a messenger bus, the messenger could travel for free with stagecoaches or barges. He also got free nights in inns if he showed the messenger bus. The term 'bodebus' is a combination of the word 'bode', servant, and 'bus', the tube in which the letters were placed for transport. The messenger was employed by a city or important person and delivered important mail throughout the country.

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