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2 Francs Société Anonyme Token Coinage; brass
| Issuer | Société Anonyme de la Grande Comore |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Square flan with rounded corners, the entire field occupied by a four-line inscription in raised Latin capitals reading SOCIETE / ANONYME / DE LA / GRANDE COMORE, arranged concentrically and in the centre of the field. The legend is enclosed within a beaded border that follows the square outline of the flan, with small decorative floral or cross ornaments at the four corners. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Société Anonyme de la Grande Comore was a French colonial plantation and trading company operating on Grande Comore island, and this token was issued because the First World War had effectively severed regular coin supplies to the smaller French colonial territories. With metropolitan France diverting metal and shipping capacity to the war effort, isolated outposts like Grande Comore faced acute small-change shortages. Private company scrip filled the gap — acceptable at company stores and estates, but rarely beyond them. Lec#26 is among the scarcer denominations in this emergency series.