| Location |
France
|
|---|---|
| Type | Trade tokens › Co-operative tokens |
| Year | 1920 |
| Value | 10 Centimes (0.10) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Cardboard |
| Weight | 0.47 g |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 0.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 31 December 1920 |
| Number | N# 426028 |
| References | JP1418# 42-16 Jean Pirot; 2006. Les billets de nécessité des communes et des villes, 1914-1918: France, ex-colonies et protectorats. Self-published, Argenteuil, France. |
Face value in an oval framed by the issuer's name in four lines.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
ACIERIES & FORGES
10c.
DE FIRMINY
Unabridged legend: 10 centimes
Six-line text detailing reimbursement conditions.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
10 JETONS
semblables
seront échangeables
jusqu'au 31 Décem. 1920
à la Caisse de l'Usine
contre 1 fr.
Unabridged legend: 10 JETONS semblables seront échangeables jusqu'au 31 Décembre 1920 à la Caisse de l'Usine contre 1 franc.
Rough
The bottom of the token is printed on both sides with a succession of the same line: SOCIÉTÉ ACIÉRIES FORGES DE FIRMINY in yellow.
Société Anonyme des Aciéries et Forges de Firminy produced a wide range of raw and machined metallurgical products. Its catalog included anvils, hammers, sledgehammers, railway axles, railway rails, springs and suspension systems for the automotive and railway industries, as well as guns and other armaments. The company supplied a large number of breastplates for the creation of the Maginot Line. (source : https://wikimaginot.eu/V70_glossaire_detail.php?id=1000814)
There is a square 5-centime token with a blue background, and a hexagonal 25-centime token with a pink background.
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