fnc_258435 - CREDIT LYONNAIS Timbre 5 Centimes Paris
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Price : 22.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 22.00 €
Type : Timbre 5 Centimes
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Paris
Metal : aluminium
Diameter : 32,5 mm
Weight : 1,01 g.
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Obverse
Obverse description : Un timbre vert République Française de 5c posé sur un fond jaune.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LOSANGE) EMPRUNT NATIONAL 6% 1920 (LOSANGE) / SOUSCRIVEZ.
Reverse description : Au centre, sur deux lignes : CREDIT / LYONNAIS. Sous le texte : “FYP”Bté S.G.D.G. PARIS.
Commentary
Les timbres-monnaies du Crédit Lyonnais sont de loin les plus courants. Seize variétés ont été recensées en fonction du positionnement de certaines lettres entres elles, en fonction du texte inscrit sous “CREDIT LYONNAIS” ainsi que les inscriptions du revers visibles ou non en transparence sur l’avers. Il existe aussi différentes couleurs pour le fond : rouge, rose, vermillon, orange, jaune, bleu et blanc.
Crédit Lyonnais postage stamps are by far the most common. Sixteen varieties have been identified based on the positioning of certain letters between them, the text written under “CREDIT LYONNAIS” and the inscriptions on the reverse, whether or not they are visible through the transparency of the obverse. There are also different background colors: red, pink, vermillion, orange, yellow, blue and white.
Crédit Lyonnais postage stamps are by far the most common. Sixteen varieties have been identified based on the positioning of certain letters between them, the text written under “CREDIT LYONNAIS” and the inscriptions on the reverse, whether or not they are visible through the transparency of the obverse. There are also different background colors: red, pink, vermillion, orange, yellow, blue and white.
Historical background
POSTAGE STAMPS AS CURRENCY
The coin stamps are coins of necessity which were used to supplement in the failing monetary circulation in coinage. The first coin stamps appeared in the second quarter of the year 1920. The manufacturing patent for coinage stamps (FYP) is dated March 19, 1920. The production seems to have lasted approximately three years. Stamps from 5 cents to 35 cents were used to make coinage stamps. The purple 35 cents is very rare and was little used. We find especially on the coin stamps the values of 5 and 10 centimes. The prints, except those of Crédit Lyonnais, are very low, but cannot be less than 1,000 coins. They were never recognized by the administration and they were put into circulation at the instigation of private firms, an advertising medium at the same time as a substitute coin in order to replace the missing or hoarded divisional coins..
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