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| Emittent | Chamber of Commerce of Dakar |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
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| Prägetechnik | Milled |
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| Reversbeschreibung | The central field of the octagonal flan bears the large denomination numeral '50' with a superscript 'c' denoting centimes, all rendered in bold incuse-outlined raised figures that dominate the design. A dotted inner border frames the central device. The legend CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE arcs across the upper periphery in raised Latin letters, while DAKAR is inscribed along the lower arc, identifying the issuing city. |
| Reversschrift | Latin |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Chamber of Commerce emergency issues of French West Africa emerged from a coin shortage that had been building since the war years, when metropolitan France suspended normal specie shipments to its colonies. Dakar's chamber acted on its own authority in 1920, issuing aluminium tokens across several denominations to keep local commerce moving. The French colonial administration tolerated rather than sanctioned these pieces — a distinction that matters for their legal classification as necessité coinage rather than official currency.
Aluminium was the practical choice given postwar metal allocations, not a deliberate design decision.