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25 Centimes Emergency Currency (Timbre-monnaie) - Société Marseillaise de Crédit
France · 1920 · 25 centimes
A circular emergency currency token featuring a paper label with 'SOCIÉTÉ MARSEILLAISE DE CRÉDIT' and '25 CENTIMES TIMBRE-MONNAIE' text, affixed to an aluminum disc.
Issued around 1920, this 'timbre-monnaie' served as emergency currency during a period of coin scarcity in France following World War I, issued by the Société Marseillaise de Crédit bank.
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