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5 Francs - Entreprise Collet et Gouvernet uniface
| Issuer | Entreprise Collet & Gouvernet |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Uniface emergency token with the large numeral '5' at centre, accompanied by the denomination indicator 'F.' immediately to the right. A circular legend reading 'ENTREPRISE COLLET & GOUVERNET' arcs around the upper portion of the field, while 'MAROC' appears at the base, flanked by small decorative flower stops. The entire design is enclosed within a raised beaded border, typical of privately issued emergency coinage. The plain, unadorned field emphasises the purely utilitarian character of this wartime necessity piece. |
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| Obverse lettering | ENTREPRISE COLLET & GOUVERNET · MAROC · 5 F. |
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Collet & Gouvernet operated as a large public works contractor in early twentieth-century France, and like many such enterprises of the period, they issued aluminium tokens to pay workers in company scrip — redeemable at the firm's own canteen or stores rather than in open commerce. The uniface striking is not a minting error but a deliberate economy: with no reverse die to cut and maintain, production costs dropped considerably for what was essentially internal currency.
Lec#304 places this firmly within Leconte's catalogue of French necessity coinage. Aluminium was chosen for its cheapness and light weight, not durability — surviving examples in decent condition are genuinely harder to find than the obscurity of the issuer might suggest.