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1 franc Bon de solidarité
| Issuer | Secours National |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse description | Plain light blue paper printed entirely in purple letterpress, with decorative foliate side panels enclosing large numeral "1" on each flank. The upper portion carries the disclaimer text in bold capitals, followed by three paragraphs of explanatory text, and the names of the sponsoring organisations at foot. |
| Reverse lettering | CE BON N'A AUCUNE VALEUR MONÉTAIRE Il ne représente pas de capital, il ne rapporte pas d'intérêt. Des centaines de milliers de femmes, d'enfants, de vieillards, ont faim ; ils sont sans ressources. En achetant ce bon, vous permettez à l'un d'eux de bénéficier d'une soupe chaude dans une cuisine d'entr'aide. Plus vous souscrirez de bons de solidarité, plus vous ferez reculer la misère et ses tragiques conséquences. SECOURS NATIONAL CROIX-ROUGE FRANÇAISE COMITÉ NATIONAL D'ENTR'AIDE AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE Tout bon détaché de sa souche ne pourra plus être vendu. |
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The Secours National was a French relief organization that predated Vichy but was co-opted by the regime after 1940, transformed into a tool of the National Revolution's social welfare apparatus. These solidarity vouchers — bons de solidarité — were not legal tender but functioned as quasi-currency in charitable distributions, issued to fund relief efforts during the Occupation years when conventional fiscal channels were constrained by German armistice demands.
The 1 franc denomination is the most commonly encountered in the series. Small face values circulated heavily through welfare networks and survive in quantity, though the fragility of the stock means genuinely uncirculated examples are harder to find than their abundance suggests.