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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Union Commerciale et Industrielle de Châlons-sur-Marne |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | El Mon.#15.3 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large numeral '25' prominently in the upper portion of the field, with the word CENTIMES inscribed in a straight legend beneath, occupying the lower portion of the square flan. The design is plain and functional, with no additional ornamentation, consistent with the utilitarian nature of this emergency issue. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Châlons-sur-Marne's commercial chamber issued these aluminium pieces in 1920 as part of the broader French emergency coinage phenomenon that followed the First World War. The wartime hoarding of metal coins — driven by franc instability and commodity speculation — had gutted circulation so thoroughly that hundreds of local chambers of commerce across France were still filling the gap years after the armistice, aluminium being the cheapest available option by that point.