Catalog
1 Franc - Coursel
| Issuer | Municipality of Koersel (Province of Limburg) |
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| Size | 123 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 1FR GEMEENTE COURSEL GEMEENTEKASBON EEN FRANK NAMENS HET GEMEENTEBESTUUR De Secretaris, De Burgemeester, (2 signatures) |
| Reverse description | Green decorative border with scrollwork mirrors the obverse frame design, enclosing the denomination and municipality name. The series letter and printed serial number appear within the central text field. The composition is purely typographic, with the value repeated in numeral form at upper left and lower right corners. |
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Koersel — a small mining village in the Belgian Kempen — issued paper fractional currency during World War I under German occupation, when official coinage was systematically hoarded or requisitioned and small-change paralysis gripped nearly every Belgian commune. Municipal emergency notes of this type were authorized locally, not by any central authority, making each issuer essentially its own monetary jurisdiction for the duration.
The spelling "Coursel" on the face reflects the French-language administrative convention then standard in Belgian official documents, even in the predominantly Dutch-speaking Limburg province.