fnc_237864 - CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE 25 Centimes Narbonne
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 4.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 4.00 €
Type : 25 Centimes
Date: 1920
Mint name / Town : Narbonne
Metal : nickel-zinc
Diameter : 21,40 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,13 g.
Puncheon : Triangle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE * // (TRIANGLE).
Obverse description : Au centre, le blason de la ville de Narbonne représentant une clé d’or à gauche et une croix patriarcale à droite, surmonté par trois fleurs de lys. Au-dessus, une couronne aux cinq tours. L’écu est cerné par une couronne de palmes..
Reverse
Reverse legend : NARBONNE.
Reverse description : Au centre, sur quatre lignes : 25 / CENTIMES / _ / 1920.
Historical background
CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE / CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE
At the end of the war of 14-18, there is no more money. Cities and Chambers of Commerce which already had the right to issue banknotes, in particular in the occupied zone, will have the possibility of circulating emergency banknotes which help monetary circulation. This type of official coin responds to the same request. It does not bear the words REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE or LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE, but "CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE" followed by the name of the town or region. Despite the will of the authorities, these coins could never be minted in silver, the majority being in aluminum.
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