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25 Centimes

Issuer Union Commerciale & Industrielle de Châtellerault
Year 1922
Type Emergency coin
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Obverse description Central field bears the municipal coat of arms of Châtellerault, depicting a rampant lion on a quartered shield surmounted by a mural crown with battlemented towers. The shield is ornamented with bezants at its corners and base. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, reading UNION·COMMERCIALE·&·INDUSTRIELLE above and ·CHATELLERAULT· below, with the date 1922 divided across the lower field flanking the shield.
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Obverse lettering UNION·COMMERCIALE·&·INDUSTRIELLE 1922 · CHATELLERAULT ·
Reverse description The large bold denomination numeral '25' dominates the central field, with fine horizontal line engraving filling the numeral bodies. Below the numeral appears the abbreviated denomination legend 'Cmes' within a stylized cartouche. The entire central design is framed by two symmetrical wheat or olive branches curving upward from the base and meeting at the top to form a wreath. The engraver's name THEVENON appears along the left inner border.
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