G. Taupin 5 Centimes Emergency Money

France · 1920 · 5 centimes

A circular metal token with a paper label advertising G. Taupin heating and cooking appliances and indicating a value of 5 centimes.

Issued around 1920, this emergency money reflects a period of economic instability in France post-WWI, where private entities issued their own currency due to a scarcity of official coinage.