French cities

Is the cities coin were circulated, and ever used in the monetary system, or they were only token (without circulate value)?
Those how were never used as money, should be remove to the token-section in Numista catalog, putting them in the regular section makes misunderstandings ...
Thanks!!

Of course there were, they are notgelds, at that time the times were hard.

Between 1914 and 1927, large amounts of monnaie de nécessité were issued in France and its North African colonies during the economic crisis caused by World War I. Among the issuing authorities were companies and local chambers of commerce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notgeld

Regards,
Damian

I want to know just how much the not geld circulated.

Would a 10 centime not geld be valued by anyone, or just the original issuer?

If I had a sackful of 1,000 ten centime notgeld of assorted types, could I buy a hundred-franc item from any merchant?

Do not confuse the German notgeld notes (that never coirculated) with the French notgeld coins that were forced to circulate since there was nothing else to get.

And the few coins I find in flea markets are most often very worn
as they circulated more than usual ...

French emergency coins

The First World War 1914-1918 years
During the First World War and after the crisis was raging in the country, the economy is suffocating from lack of cash. In contrast to previous emergencies were invented new means of payment - money cardboard and mark-coins.
During this period, emergency money can be divided into two broad categories:
- "Semi-official". Issuers were chambers of commerce, trade and industry associations, municipalities. This currency was allowed to produce in accordance with the decision of 16 August 1914. This extreme currency was legal and signs should be deposited in the Bank of France. Such money had wide circulation in the municipalities, regions, cities, etc.
- "Private issues". Issuers were various commercial organizations, institutions, factories, shops, bakeries, restaurants and cafes, cooperatives, public and charitable foundations, transport and other companies. This currency was issued without the permission of the central government, without the deposit of a bank, which deprived any guarantee solvency of money. Workers receive such currency as part of wages - for payment in canteens and various household and social services, the purchase of essential goods in certain stores and cooperatives ...

I've also got an Austrian notgeld that might be in the second category

Berndorfer Metallwaren Fabrik - Arthur KRUPP AG – 1915

Quote: "Frenchlover"​I've also got an Austrian notgeld that might be in the second category
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​Berndorfer Metallwaren Fabrik - Arthur KRUPP AG – 1915
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Nice token - Nice picture - Excellent research. Thanks for sharing. Ed​

Mine is looking like that : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces103129.html
There is also Poland cities coins - notegelds in german, monnaie de nécessité in french, pieniądz zastępczy in polish. In Poland there are new Polish cities and old, old ones are since WW I the new minted by polish mint for commercial use, and were a legal tender for short time i.e. for one month only in the one city or region . You can find them in the Poland - Local Tokens . IMPO should be as new country including a new and a old one but enough im off topic know :)
Regards,
Damian