fnc_244154 - CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D’ELBEUF 10 Centimes Elbeuf
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Price : 5.00 €
Type : 10 Centimes
Date: 1921
Mint name / Town : Elbeuf
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,56 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : . CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D’ELBEUF . // 1921.
Obverse description : Au centre, le blason de la ville d’Elbeuf représentant, dans sa partie gauche, une croix patriarcale supportant un pied de vigne ; à droite, une ruche avec abeilles. L’écu est surmonté d’une couronne aux quatre tours. L’ensemble est inclus dans un grènetis..
Reverse
Reverse description : Au centre, entouré d’un grènetis : 10c/. . Sous le 1 de “10”, le nom du graveur : THEVENON..
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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