Tokens
For many years, in various countries, The Salvation Army has used tokens. It all started in the 1890s with tokens that were used in The Salvation Army's social work.
Token from Germany
In 1890, when William Booth published the book "In Darkest England ... and the Way Out", the campaign for social work associated with the book commenced simultaneous. Not only accommodation or food should play a role, but also the fact that many homeless people were unemployed and therefore The Salvation Army consciously created jobs. Payment for factory workers, which is mentioned in the book, was made in tokens, which could then be used in the welfare work of The Salvation Army. A wide variety of jobs were offered so that the unemployed could later be placed with ordinary employers.
The F and S on the tokens in the picture stand for Food und Shelter. The value of this token was 1d = one Penny (old value, which was replaced in 1971 with the metric system). The d stands for the Latin denarius.
Token from England, around 1891
At that time one paid 1d for a night in a shelter, whereby depending on the space available only a bench was offered to sit on or, if available, space to lie down. A tea and a piece of bread with margarine were sold for a further penny.
