5 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce - Nice [06] Silver

Features

Issuer	Commune of Nice (Department of Alpes Maritimes)
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1920
Value	5 Centimes (0.05)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.71 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 324962
References	Élie mon# 10.9 Roland Élie; 2003. Monnaies de nécessité et jetons-monnaie: France, colonies, Monaco : 1800-2000 = Necessity Coins and Token-coins. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

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Obverse

Caduceus whose foot divides the date and the end of the legend, with the beginning of the legend above. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CHAMBRE · DE · COMMERCE · DE · NICE
et DES ALPES
MARITIMES
1920

Designer: Gustave-Adolphe Mossa

Reverse

Face value above a branch of bitter orange (Citrus aurantium "bouquetier de Nice" or bigaradier). Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
CENTIMES ·
THEVENON PARIS

Designer: Gustave-Adolphe Mossa

Edge

Plain with stamps "ARGENT", rhombus and boar head.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ARGENT

Mint

THEVENON

Thévenon & Co., Paris, modern-day Gercy, France

Mark

Silver Certification Mark (1838-1962)

Comments

Special mint for collectors, commissioned by Louis Ciani, a coin and medal dealer in Paris (source: Y. BRUGIÈRE, Les émissions de nécessité de la Chambre de Commerce de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes, Nice, 2016).

Less rare than the brass (1920) and copper (1920 and 1922 - Elie 2003, p. 237) strikes.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Frappe spéciale destinée aux collectionneurs, réalisée à la demande de Louis Ciani, négociant en monnaies et médailles à Paris (source : Y. BRUGIÈRE, Les émissions de nécessité de la Chambre de Commerce de Nice et des Alpes-Maritimes, Nice, 2016).

Moins rare que les frappes en laiton (1920) et cuivre (1920 et 1922 - Elie 2003, p. 237).

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1920			151

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