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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 07/10/2017 5:01 pm I'd not run across one of these before. 18.1 mm in diameter, 2.6 mm thick. Reverse is offset 90° from the obverse. Seemingly designed so as to give the impression it was derived from an actual coin, although this is clearly not the case. Thus, I have no confidence in the validity of that date, and wouldn't be surprised if it was in fact from the 1950's, 60's, or even 70's. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 18074 Posts	Posted 07/10/2017 5:38 pm LuckyCuss, I spent a year in France in 1975-6 and again in 1978-9. During the first period, tokens like yours were sold for 40 centimes at tobacconists' shops and could be used in some payphones, although newer payphones took 20-centime pieces. All the tokens (called 'jetons' by the French) that I saw were dated 1937! By 1978 they had been phased out and more modern payphones taking a variety of coins had been introduced. The jeton is designed by Lucien Bazor, who also designed various French circulating coins of the 1930s and 1940s. I've found a French Wikipedia article here: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeton...ran%C3%A7ais My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Edited by NumisRob 07/10/2017 5:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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