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10 Centimes Economat des Mines
| Issuer | Economat des Mines d'Ouenza |
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| Currency | Franc (1848-1959) |
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| Reverse description | Plain brass field centering a small round perforation. The denomination is boldly expressed across the field in two elements: the numeral '10' to the left and the abbreviation 'C ES' (centimes) to the right of the central hole, both in large raised characters. A short horizontal dash appears beneath the denomination. The reverse is otherwise unadorned, reflecting the purely functional character of this mining company token. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Société de l'Ouenza operated iron ore mines in northeastern Algeria near the Tunisian border, and like many large colonial industrial concerns, it ran an economat — a company-controlled store system that tied workers to in-house purchasing. These brass tokens served as internal scrip, allowing management to pay partial wages in a medium redeemable only at company facilities. The practice was widespread in North African extractive industries through the mid-twentieth century and was eventually curtailed by labor reforms.
The Leclercq 343a designation distinguishes this from closely related variants in the series.