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5 Centimes - Chambre Syndicale des Commerçants - Perpignan [66] Aluminium
| Issuer | Chambre Syndicale des Commerçants, Perpignan |
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| Year | 1917-1924 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a plain field dominated by the large bold numeral '5' at center, with the abbreviation 'cent.' inscribed immediately below in smaller letters. The circular legend CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DES COMMERÇANTS runs along the full periphery. At the base of the field, a small mint mark or issuer's mark flanked by two five-pointed stars is visible, identifying the producing workshop. |
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| Mintage | 1917 - El Mon.# 10.1 - 150,000 1921 - El Mon.# 10.12 - 500,000 1923 - El Mon.# 10.15 - 300,000 1924 - El Mon.# 10.18 - 450,000 |
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Issued by the Perpignan merchants' syndicate during the acute small-change shortage that gripped France from 1914 onward, this token is one of hundreds of locally produced nécessité pieces that filled the gap left by the near-total disappearance of bronze and copper coinage hoarded at the outbreak of war. The Chambre de Commerce issues are well documented, but syndicate-level tokens from individual trade bodies are considerably less catalogued, which explains the cluster of variant references in El Moneder — multiple emission dates across the 1917–1924 window produced distinguishable die states now treated as separate listings.