20 centimes à consommer - Bar Français - Orléans [45]

Obverse

Issuer's name and address in a scroll alternating kidney-shaped motifs and dots on the inside and stripes on the outside.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BAR FRANCAIS
RUE
ROYALE
· ORLÉANS ·

Reverse

Face value and mint mark in a pearl-polished listel on the inside and striated on the outside.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FC
20
A
CONSOMMER

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Francis Cartaux, Paris, France

Comments

Tokens were issued for the two shared signs "Bar Français" and "Central comptoir".

Au Bar Français" wine shop at 51 rue Royale, comprising a drinking establishment on the first floor and a billiard room on the second floor(Source 1909)(Source 1920), also trading in wine under the name "Central comptoir"(Source 1912)(Source 1919)(Source 1923).

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Des jetons ont été émis pour les deux enseignes communes « Bar Français » et « Central comptoir ».

Débit de vin à l’enseigne « Au Bar Français » au 51 rue Royale, établissement composé d'un débit de boisson au rez-de-chaussée et d’une salle de billard au premier étage (Source 1909) (Source 1920), faisant aussi négoce de vin sous le nom de « Central comptoir » (Source 1912) (Source 1919) (Source 1923).

See also

• 20 centimes à consommer - Central comptoir - Orléans [45]
• 30 Centimes - Bar Francais (Orléans)
• 30 centimes à consommer - Central comptoir - Orléans [45]

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