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5 Centimes - Syndicat de l'Alimentation en Gros - Hérault [34]
| Issuer | Syndicat de l'Alimentation en Gros de l'Hérault |
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| Year | 1921-1923 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large denomination numeral '5' with an ornate, scrolled style occupies the central field, accompanied by the abbreviation 'c' to its right, all enclosed within a ring of beading. The surrounding legend is divided into two arcs: 'JETON REMBOURSABLE' in the upper portion and 'A PRÉSENTATION' in the lower portion, each separated from the beaded inner circle by the flat rim. Small six-pointed star ornaments serve as dividers between the two legend segments. |
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The Syndicat de l'Alimentation en Gros de l'Hérault was a wholesale grocery trade association based in Montpellier, and like dozens of similar regional bodies across France, it issued its own small-denomination tokens during the early 1920s to alleviate a chronic shortage of fractional coinage that had persisted since the First World War. The French state never fully restored adequate small change circulation after 1914, leaving chambers of commerce, cooperatives, and trade syndicates to fill the gap themselves. Multiple die varieties account for the several El Mon. reference numbers attached to this type.