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20 Centimes - Groupement des Commerçants, Industriels et Habitants - Joinville-le-Pont [94] Brass
| Issuer | Groupement des Commerçants, Industriels et Habitants de Joinville-le-Pont |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '20' dominates the central field, accompanied by the denomination indicator 'c' to its right, denoting centimes. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading GROUPEMENT DES COMMERÇANTS INDUSTRIELS & HABITANTS, arranged to follow the perimeter of the square flan. The legend is separated by a small dot and rendered in bold raised letters against a plain field. |
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| Reverse lettering | GROUPEMENT DES COMMERÇANTS INDUSTRIELS & HABITANTS 20c. |
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Joinville-le-Pont's merchant association issued this token in 1918 because the wartime French government had effectively drained the national coinage supply — small change disappeared into hoarding and melting pots as metal became a strategic resource. Hundreds of French communes and commercial groups responded identically, flooding local economies with privately struck brass and aluminum substitutes. The Groupement here acted as a quasi-municipal authority purely out of commercial necessity, not civic ambition.