There were a great variety of low denomination tokens issued in France around the 1920's, the majority being issued by town or city Chambres of Commerce. Around this time Algeria was considered part of France and so in a similar way tokens were issued by Algerian Chambres of Commerce. In addition to the Chambre of Commerce in Oran (above) and those in Alger and Bone (see both below), tokens were also issued in Bougie and Constantine. These tokens can be found listed in recent editions of the Standard Catalog of World Coins (Krause Publications). The SCWC listings show that some of the pieces of this series are undated, the others bearing dates in the range 1915 to 1922. Here are some more examples.....

Finally one piece that, likely since it is issued by a merchant (a clock maker "horologerie"), is not listed in the "Standard Catalog of World Coins" (KP Books).

The two main references in which this type can be found are:

(1) "A Catalogue of French Emergency Tokens of 1914-1922" by Robert A. Lamb (1966); and
(2) "Monnaies de Necessite Francaises 1789-1990" by Victor Gadoury and R. Elie (1990).

In (1) the piece is listed as Lamb 1.1 (in the SIDI-BEL-ABBES (ALGERIA) section) which also mentions how the issuers was a clock maker.

In (2) the piece is listed as Gadoury 3.3 (in the ALGERIE - SIDI-BEL-ABBES - Oran section)

Last updated March 2003 and then again with many more images at August 2005.