25 Centimes - Chambres de Commerce - Provençal Region Brass

Features

Issuer Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (French notgeld)
Period Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1921
Value 25 Centimes (0.25)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Brass
Weight 5.42 g
Diameter 23.5 mm
Shape Octagonal (8-sided)
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
43664
References El Mon.# 10.11
Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie : France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

Obverse

Names of the nine cities in the region with a chamber of commerce.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
NICE · AVIGNON · NIMES
ALAIS
MARSEILLE
GAP
· ARLES · TOULON · DIGNES ·

Reverse

Face value and date in a circle surrounded by the legend.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE
25c.
1921
THEVENON
· RÉGION PROVENÇALE ·

Unabridged legend: 25 centimes

Edge

Plain.

Mint

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

Comments

Honorific issue offered by the manufacturer to the issuer’s representatives (elected officials, notables...). Some mintage may exceed one hundred (Elie 2003 p. 9).

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1921  143

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