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1 Franc - Villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing [59]
| Issuer | Villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 1fc | 1fc VILLES DE ROUBAIX | ET DE TOURCOING BON DE MONNAIE SEPTIÈME SÉRIE UN FRANC Garanti par les villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing Et remboursable à la recette municipale de chaque ville A partir du sixième mois après "La Conclusion de la Paix" Délibérations des Conseils Municipaux de 20 Avril 1916 approuvées par l'Autorité Préfectorale les 22 et 25 Avril 1916 avec "R" devant le numéro de contrôle Pour être valable, ce billet doit être frappé du timbre sec de l'une des deux Villes 1fc | 1fc Louis Debode, Imp, Roubaix |
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| Reverse lettering | L'article 139 du Code pénal punit des travaux forcés à perpétuité ceux qui auraient contrefait ou falsifié les billets de banque autorisés par la loi ainsi que ceux qui auront fait usage de ces billets contrefaits ou falsifiés. Ceux qui les auront introduits sur le territoire français seront punis de la même peine ROUBAIX | TOURCOING |
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Roubaix and Tourcoing were under German military occupation for virtually the entire First World War, from October 1914 through November 1918. With the occupying authorities requisitioning metal coinage, these two neighbouring textile cities issued emergency fractional notes jointly — a practical administrative arrangement between municipalities that shared little else politically. The 1 Franc notes were printed locally by Debode, whose press was operating under occupation, making these among the more unusual examples of a French printer producing emergency currency while under enemy control.
The watermark and dry stamp together provided basic anti-counterfeiting protection, modest but adequate for a community-level instrument never intended to circulate beyond a few square kilometres.