10 Centimes - Montagnac [34]

Montagnac is a small commune in the Hérault department of Languedoc, and this brass jeton was issued by its local merchants' union — one of thousands of such necessity tokens produced across provincial France during the acute small-change shortages of the early twentieth century, particularly around the First World War period. The central government consistently failed to supply adequate fractional coinage, leaving chambers of commerce and merchant associations to fill the gap at their own expense.

The El Mon. reference places this as the second catalogued variety for the 10-centime denomination from this issuer — minor differences in die execution or edge treatment typically distinguish such variants.