French tokens (Monnaies de nécessité)
Like most German urban municipalities, a number of cities and departments of France during and after the end of World War I mastered the production of their notgeld, or, more correctly, tokens (Monnaies de nécessité ). French tokens can be roughly divided into two categories: official - issued by local chambers of commerce (circulated throughout the region or city) and private issues (accepted for payment by the canteen of a particular factory, bakery, cooperative, transport company, etc.).