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1 Cigogne
| Issuer | Monnaie complémentaire du Sud Alsace |
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| Size | 115 x 55 mm |
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| Reverse description | Left panel carries a smaller origami-style stork vignette in outline with red accent, above the word "Une" in red cursive and serial number in black, set on a white ground with faint guilloche underprint. Right panel presents a colour photographic vignette of a busy outdoor market scene with produce stalls, bordered by a green dotted strip; a circular "1" medallion appears at upper right. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 Cigogne Une 3128656 1 La Cigogne salue les commerçants et les petits producteurs du marché qui se lèvent aux aurores pour nous fournir en produits frais. |
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A cigogne — stork — is the totemic symbol of Alsace, and naming a complementary currency unit after it is a deliberate act of regional identity, not just branding. The Sud Alsace complementary currency is part of the broader French mouvement des monnaies locales that gained momentum after 2010, with dozens of similar schemes launched across metropolitan France under varying degrees of municipal and cooperative backing.
These notes circulate at par with the euro among a network of participating local businesses. Redemption mechanisms and network size vary considerably by scheme, and the Sud Alsace network is among the smaller regional issuers.