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| Emittent | Commune of Berrouaghia (Department of Alger) |
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| Jahr | 1916-1918 |
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| Form | Rectangular |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in black on pink paper within a rectangular border of repeated dot-and-floral motifs, the obverse presents the municipality name at the top in letterpress capitals, with the denomination legend "BON POUR" and the large-type value "0f10" occupying the central field. To the right, the title "LE MAIRE" heads a handwritten mayoral signature, serving as the sole authentication of this emergency municipal issue. |
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| Rückseitenlegende | CHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ALGER ET LA BANQUE D'ALGER (Translation: Exchangeable for banknotes from the Algiers Chamber of Commerce and the Bank of Algiers.) |
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| Anmerkungen |
Berrouaghia is a small inland town in the Médéa region, roughly 90 kilometers south of Algiers. During the First World War, the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage across French-administered Algeria pushed hundreds of municipalities to issue their own emergency fractional notes — these bons de nécessité were locally authorized, locally printed, and locally redeemed, with no backing from the Banque de l'Algérie.
Commune-level issues from the interior are considerably harder to locate than those from coastal cities. Berrouaghia's emission was small by any measure, and attrition from casual use and post-war destruction was high.