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10 Centimes - Syndicat de l'Alimentation en Gros - Hérault [34]
| Issuer | Syndicat de l'Alimentation en Gros de l'Hérault |
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| Year | 1921-1923 |
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| Reference(s) | El Mon.#20.2, El Mon.#20.6, El Mon.#20.9 |
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| Reverse description | The large ornate denomination '10C' occupies the central field, rendered in the same decorative style as the obverse with elaborate serif lettering and internal flourishes. A continuous beaded border encircles the central device, separating it from the peripheral legend. The inscription 'JETON REMBOURSABLE' arcs across the upper portion and 'A PRÉSENTATION' along the lower portion, together indicating redeemability on presentation, as was standard for French chambres de commerce and trade union emergency tokens of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | JETON REMBOURSABLE 10c- * A PRÉSENTATION * |
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Issued by the wholesale food merchants' syndicate of the Hérault department, this is emergency chamber of commerce-style necessity coinage — part of the vast wave of French local token issues produced after World War I when small-denomination coins vanished from circulation due to hoarding and metal shortages. Aluminium was the default material for these issues precisely because it had no meaningful scrap value.
Three distinct catalogue references suggest die or text variants across the 1921–1923 production window, a common feature of syndicate-issued tokens where re-ordering from the same or competing diesinkers produced minor discrepancies.