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1 Euro - Savigny-sur-Orge
| Issuer | Commerçants de Savigny-sur-Orge |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Thickness | 2.00 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | LES COMMERCANTS DE SAVIGNY-SUR-ORGE 1986-1996 MARCHE DAVOUT |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Savigny-sur-Orge is an Essonne commune south of Paris, and this piece belongs to a wave of local merchant scrip that briefly flourished across French towns in the mid-1990s. These issues were produced by business associations — not municipal governments — to encourage spending within a defined commercial zone, functioning essentially as discount loyalty tokens redeemable at participating shops. The practice drew quiet regulatory scrutiny from the Banque de France, which tolerated but never formally sanctioned such schemes.
Production was typically handled by small private medal manufacturers, Monnaie de Paris having no involvement.