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1 Franc - 173 Communes du Nord [59], de l'Aisne [02] et de l'Oise [60]
| Issuer | Commission de Contrôle des Bons Régionaux des Départements du Nord, de l'Aisne et de l'Oise |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet on white paper, the reverse is set entirely in letterpress typography within a simple ruled and ornamental border, with the large guilloche-style numeral underprint '1 Fr' overprinted in violet across the centre of the note. The heading Émission de 4 Millions de Francs appears at the top, followed by the word PAR and a continuous text listing the twelve participating cantonal groupings and their respective commune counts. Denomination numerals '1' appear in each of the four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | Émission de 4 Millions de Francs PAR Trélon et huit communes. — Fourmies et cinq communes. — La Capelle et quatorze communes. — Sains-Richaumont et vingt-quatre communes. — Crécy et sept communes. — La Fère et treize communes. — Crépy et quatorze communes. — Tergnier et six communes. — Chauny et huit communes. — Appily et vingt-sept communes. — Coucy-le-Château et seize communes. — Anizy-le-Château et dix-neuf communes. |
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This note belongs to one of the most administratively complex emergency issues of the First World War: a regional bon backed collectively by 173 communes spread across three occupied or partially occupied French departments. The Commission de Contrôle was a makeshift oversight body improvised under German occupation, and the multi-departmental pooling of liability was a direct consequence of normal banking infrastructure being severed or commandeered after August 1914.
The validation stamp is the critical authentication element here — unstamped examples exist and are considered unissued. Collectors regularly confuse the two states, and values differ accordingly.