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10 Centimes
| Issuer | Union Commerciale de Pacy-sur-Eure |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1925 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain. |
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Pacy-sur-Eure is a small market town in the Eure department of Normandy, and this token is a product of the broader French necessity token movement that flourished after World War I when metal coinage remained scarce and the state showed little urgency in restoring small-denomination circulation. Local commercial unions across France filled the gap themselves, issuing aluminium and cardboard pieces redeemable only within their own networks — a practical arrangement that also kept spending local.
The Union Commerciale designation places this firmly within that merchant cooperative tradition. Aluminium was the material of convenience by 1921, cheap and light enough that the token's face value wasn't immediately undercut by its production cost.