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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 14902, member: 669"]Here is a list of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=1+franc+%22chambre+de+commerce%22&spell=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=1+franc+%22chambre+de+commerce%22&spell=1" rel="nofollow">French websites</a>, that seem to have information on the Aluminum-Bronze French Chambres de Commerce issues, but once you get past "oui", "non", and "le tour de France" (Way to go Lance <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />) French is all Greek to me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Krause gives no information about the three coins which have the design you describe, other than their composition and mintages, and a comment that they were produced at the Paris Mint. They are listed in the regular coinage sequence with standard KM numbers - KM#884, 50 centimes, 1921-29; KM#876, 1 franc, 1920-27; and KM#877, 2 francs, 1920-27; not in the pattern sequence (Pn#). Krause does not normally list jetons/tokens, which implies that these were legal tender, despite the "bon pour" ("good for") text. There are regular issues with standard legends listed for denominations below 50 centimes during that same post-WW I/global depression period.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few myself, and have never found any additional information about them in English. <img src="http://www.gupistan.com/forums/images/smilies/konfused.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 14902, member: 669"]Here is a list of [URL=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=1+franc+%22chambre+de+commerce%22&spell=1]French websites[/URL], that seem to have information on the Aluminum-Bronze French Chambres de Commerce issues, but once you get past "oui", "non", and "le tour de France" (Way to go Lance [IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://forums.collectors.com/i/expressions/dancing%20smiley.gif[/IMG]) French is all Greek to me. :D Krause gives no information about the three coins which have the design you describe, other than their composition and mintages, and a comment that they were produced at the Paris Mint. They are listed in the regular coinage sequence with standard KM numbers - KM#884, 50 centimes, 1921-29; KM#876, 1 franc, 1920-27; and KM#877, 2 francs, 1920-27; not in the pattern sequence (Pn#). Krause does not normally list jetons/tokens, which implies that these were legal tender, despite the "bon pour" ("good for") text. There are regular issues with standard legends listed for denominations below 50 centimes during that same post-WW I/global depression period. I have a few myself, and have never found any additional information about them in English. [IMG]http://www.gupistan.com/forums/images/smilies/konfused.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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