5 Centimes

Features

Issuer	Commune of Gex (Department of Ain)
Period	Third Republic (1870-1940)
Type	Emergency coinage › Official necessity coins
Year	1919
Value	5 Centimes (0.05)
Currency	Franc (1795-1959)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	0.90 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	1.7 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 8901
References	Élie mon# 10.1 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

Coat of arms of the city of Gex. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VILLE DE
GEX (AIN)

Reverse

Facial value surrounded by the legend, date below. Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VILLE DE GEX
5 CMES
1919

Unabridged legend: 5 centimes

Edge

Plain

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Date	VF		Frequency
Undetermined
1919	$ 5.10	Coin alignment	75%
1919	$ 5.80	Medal alignment	33%

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