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1 Franc - Cantine des P. G. A.
| Issuer | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Groupe de Bruay - Cantine des P. G. A. BON pour UN franc valeur en marchandises à prendre à la Cantine du Camp L'Ingénieur en Chef des Services Administratifs et Commerciaux (Translation: Coal mines of the Nord Basin and Pas-de-Calais. Bruay Group, Axis prisoners of war canteen. Voucher for one franc, value in goods to be taken at the camp canteen. The chief engineer of the administrative and commercial services.) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is entirely blank, printed on the same grey-green plain paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornament of any kind. |
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The Houillères du Bassin du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais was created by the nationalisation of northern France's coalfields in 1946, absorbing dozens of formerly private mining companies that had operated — and in several cases collaborated — under German occupation. These canteen tokens functioned as internal scrip, redeemable only at company-run stores and cantines serving the mining communities of the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The system kept workers' purchasing power tethered to the company infrastructure rather than the open market.
The "P. G. A." designation likely refers to a specific pit or administrative grouping within the basin.