20 Centimes - P. Bussoz Paris
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Features
| Location |
France
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Amusement tokens › Game machine and arcade tokens |
| Years | 1906-1937 |
| Value | 20 Centimes (0.20) |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Nickel plated brass |
| Weight | 2.8 g |
| Diameter | 19.50 mm |
| Thickness | 1.30 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | August 1937 |
| Number | N# 48767 |
| References | Prieur Bussoz# 20-4 Judicaël Prieur, Annick Prieur; 2025. Pierre Bussoz, ce pionnier de l'Automatique: Son aventure, les jetons à consommer Bussoz et leurs graveurs = Pierre Bussoz, pioneer of automation. Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons-monnaie, Paris, France.Roland Élie; 2005. “Les jetons « à consommer » Bussoz”, Bulletin de l'Association des Collectionneurs de Jetons - Monnaie, Bulletin n° 31. |
Obverse
Diabolo surrounded by the legend in a beaded scroll.
Lettering:
P. BUSSOZ
PARIS
DÉPOSÉ
Reverse
Diabolo surrounded by the face value in a beaded scroll.
Lettering:
20c
A CONSOMMER
Unabridged legend: 20 centimes
Edge
Plain
Comments
Diabolo, an acrobatic street and theater game originating in China, arrived in Europe at the end of the 18th century. It was reinvented in its present form of a double cone joined at the tip in 1906(history).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1906-1937) | |||||||||||||||
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