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10 Centimes
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce de l'Hérault |
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| Value | 10 Centimes (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a detailed cluster of grapes with vine leaves, rendered in relief and evocative of the Hérault department's viticultural identity. The design is surrounded by a beaded border. The circular legend around the periphery reads 'CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DE L'HERAULT', divided across the upper and lower fields. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DE L'HERAULT |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues from the Hérault department emerged during the acute small-change shortage that gripped France in the early 1920s, when hoarding and metal costs had driven bronze and copper-nickel coins almost entirely out of circulation. Regional chambers of commerce across France were authorized to plug the gap with locally issued aluminium and cardboard tokens, each valid only within their administrative zone.
Hérault's issues circulated primarily around Montpellier and the surrounding wine-producing communes.