1 Franc Zaouïa de Blida

Beschrijving voorzijde	Central field bears the large numeral '1' denoting the denomination, flanked on either side by decorative arabesque or foliate ornaments in the left and right fields. The circular legend reads 'ZAOUIA' arching across the upper portion and 'BLIDAH' along the lower portion, both in raised Latin characters. The overall design is utilitarian in character, consistent with locally produced emergency coinage.
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Aanvullende informatie	Blida's wartime necessity tokens were issued by local commercial chambers and municipalities across Algeria when the French metropolitan supply of small coinage collapsed after 1914. The Zaouïa de Blida — a Sufi religious lodge with deep roots in the town — lent its name and presumably its authority to this piece, an unusual arrangement that reflects how civic and religious institutions in colonial Algeria sometimes operated in close administrative proximity.