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uncommon1900-1945
25 Centimes Timbre-Monnaie, Société Marseillaise de Crédit
France · 1920 · 25 centimes
A circular paper label affixed to a metal token, featuring the text 'SOCIÉTÉ MARSEILLAISE DE CRÉDIT', '25 Cmes' (centimes), and 'TIMBRE-MONNAIE'. The metal token itself has a central hole.
Issued by the Société Marseillaise de Crédit around 1920, this 'stamp-money' served as emergency currency during a period of economic instability and coin shortages in post-WWI France.
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