5 Centimes Postal Currency (Dupont-Merklin)

France · 1915 · 5 centimes

A circular metal token encasing a 5 centimes French postage stamp, likely green, with the surrounding metal rim advertising 'Caves Dupont-Merklin, 35, rue de l'Annonciation à Paris'.

These 'timbre-monnaie' were privately issued necessity tokens, created by businesses like Dupont-Merklin during periods of coin scarcity, particularly in France during World War I, to serve as small change.