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10 Centimes - Chambre Syndicale des Commerçants - Perpignan [66] Brass
| Issuer | Chambre Syndicale des Commerçants de Perpignan |
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| Year | 1917-1924 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral '10' dominates the central field, with the abbreviated unit 'cent.' inscribed immediately below in a cursive style. The circular legend CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DES COMMERÇANTS runs along the periphery of the octagonal flan. Three small ornamental devices — a six-pointed rosette, a triangular mark, and a second rosette — are arranged along the lower border, serving as separators and possibly as a maker's or control mark. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued by the merchants' trade association of Perpignan during the acute small-change shortage that gripped France from 1914 onward, this brass token is one of thousands of emergency necessity pieces — monnaie de nécessité — produced by chambers of commerce, syndicates, and cooperatives across the country when the hoarding of metal coinage stripped the retail economy of its working currency. The Chambre Syndicale des Commerçants operated independently of the better-documented Perpignan Chamber of Commerce issues, giving the city an unusually dense local token ecology by Armistice.
The extended validity window through 1924 reflects how slowly France restored adequate small coinage circulation after the war ended.