Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Franc Colonie de Précigné
| Issuer | Colonie de Précigné |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914-1919 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed in black letterpress on red paper, the obverse bears the title COLONIE DE PRÉCIGNÉ at top, with the denomination BON de 1 franc in large bold type. Below, three signature lines are attributed to the Adjutant, the Accountant, and the Special Commissioner, with a circular handstamp applied at left. A note at the foot restricts validity to the canteen. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ... DE LA SARTHE ... LE PREFET ... |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Précigné, a small commune in the Sarthe department, operated an agricultural penal colony that issued its own internal scrip during the First World War when metal coinage vanished from everyday French circulation. These notes functioned as a closed monetary system — valid only within the colony's grounds — and were never intended to interface with the broader franc economy. The red paper distinguishes the 1 franc denomination from others in the series, a simple but effective internal accounting device.