10 Centimes

Cherchell, a coastal town in Algeria's Tipaza province, issued emergency fractional notes during World War One as the wartime metal shortage made small coinage almost impossible to maintain in circulation. These hyper-local émissions de nécessité were produced by municipal authorities across Algeria during 1914–1918, often in tiny print runs on whatever stock was available. Most were redeemed quickly and destroyed, leaving few survivors.

Jean Glenat's involvement suggests the design was handled locally rather than contracted to a metropolitan printer — not unusual for a commune of Cherchell's size, where official resources were limited and improvisation was the norm.