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5 Centimes - ville de Besançon [25] Gold plated Brass
| Issuer | Ville de Besançon |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Engraver(s) | Léon Hatot |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The upper left portion of the reverse features a panoramic vignette of the Besançon Citadel as seen from the Promenade Micaud, depicted overlooking the Pont de Bregille spanning the Doubs River. The issuer name and denomination appear in the lower right of the field, rendered in incuse or relief lettering. The composition balances a topographic scenic view with the essential civic and monetary inscriptions in a manner characteristic of French local emergency currency of the First World War period. |
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Besançon issued its own emergency token coinage in 1917 because the wartime hoarding of metal coins had left French municipalities functionally without small change. The national government had effectively lost control of petty currency circulation by mid-war, and dozens of French towns followed suit with locally authorized nécessité issues. Besançon's series is among the better-documented provincial examples, referenced in El Món's catalog of French necessity coinage.