25 centimes Société des grandes Carrières des Vosges - Strasbourg 67

Features

Location	France
Type	Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Years	1923-1929
Value	25 Centimes (0.25)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	1.89 g
Diameter	27 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 424490
References	Marchand# 1065.3 Alain Marchand, Roland Élie; 2006. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie d'Alsace et de Moselle: Moselle, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, 1800-2000. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. , Élie mon# 75.3 Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie: France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000 = Necessity Coins and Token-coins. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

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Obverse

Name and city of issuer. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
· SOCIÉTÉ DES GRANDES CARRIÈRES DES VOSGES ·
STRASBOURG
S.A

Reverse

Face value in a grenetis. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BON POUR
25 c.

Unabridged legend: 25 centimes

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Thévenon & Co., Paris, modern-day Gercy, France

Comments

Founded in 1922 to operate paving stone and macadam quarries, the quarries were located in Fouday, Lutzelhouse, Schwarzbach and Wisches in the Lower Rhine, and in Gueberschwihr, Hattstatt and Voegtlinshoffen in the Upper Rhine.
The company was dissolved on November 22, 1955.
The tokens were used between 1923 and 1929 and are rare.
Identical 5 ct and 10 ct tokens also exist.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Fondée en 1922 pour l'exploitation de carrières de pierres à paver et à macadam, ces carrières étaient situées pour le Bas-Rhin à Fouday, Lutzelhouse, Schwarzbach et Wisches et pour le Haut-Rhin à Gueberschwihr, Hattstatt et Voegtlinshoffen.
La société fut dissoute le 22 novembre 1955.
Les jetons ont été utilisés entre 1923 et 1929 et sont rares.
Existent également des jetons identiques de 5 cts et 10 cts.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (1923-1929)

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