fnc_285836 - CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE VILLE DE BLOIS 5 Centimes Blois
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Price : 6.00 €
Type : 5 Centimes
Date: 1922
Mint name / Town : Blois
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,65 g.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : * VILLE DE BLOIS * // CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE.
Obverse description : Blason de la ville de Blois représentant une fleur de lys d’or. Il est tenu à gauche par un porc-épic, à droite par un loup. Le blason est surmonté d’une couronne. Au-dessus de COM de “COMMERCE”, le nom du graveur : J. BORY..
Reverse
Reverse legend : SYNDICAT INDUSTRIEL ET COMMERCIAL // (FLEUR).
Reverse description : Au centre, en trois lignes, dans un grènetis : 5 / CENT / 1918.
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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