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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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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the full name of the issuing body arranged in six lines across the field, reading UNION / COMMERCIALE / ET / INDUSTRIELLE / DE / CHALONS·S·MARNE, with the date 1920 inscribed on the lowest line. All lettering is rendered in incuse relief within the square, rounded-corner flan, with no additional decorative elements. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNION COMMERCIALE ET INDUSTRIELLE DE CHALON·S·MARNE 1920 |
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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.