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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Union Commerciale & Industrielle de Châtellerault |
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| 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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