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1 Franc - Ville de Montrouge 92
| Issuer | Ville de Montrouge (Recette Municipale) |
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| Year | 1914-1921 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Small rectangular emergency note printed on green paper. The municipal coat of arms appears as a central underprint vignette in darker green, flanked by decorative foliage. The face value "B.P.F. - 1.00" is printed in bold black letterpress across the centre, with the issuer legend "VILLE DE MONTROUGE" at the top and "Recette Municipale" at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Plain green paper reverse, entirely unprinted, showing the uniform colour and texture of the card stock used for this municipal emergency issue. |
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Montrouge, a commune on Paris's southern edge, issued these small-denomination emergency notes during the First World War under the authority of its municipal tax office — the Recette Municipale — as coin shortages paralyzed everyday commerce across France from 1914 onward. The Chambre de Commerce notes that typically handled this gap weren't always accessible at the hyper-local level, pushing individual communes to fill the void themselves.
The seven-year validity window is worth noting. Many French municipal issues of this type saw formal withdrawal well before their printed expiry, leaving unredeemed stock in circulation far longer than intended.