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10 Centimes
| Uitgever | Union Commerciale de Tenés (Commune of Ténès, Department of Alger) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1915 |
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| Waarde | 10 Centimes (0.10) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | UNION COMMERCIALE DE TENÉS (Translation: Tenés Trade Union.) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain orange cardboard stock matching the obverse, with no ornamental elements. The denomination is expressed in three lines of bold black letterpress text, with the numeral value rendered in a larger typeface at the foot of the note. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Ténès is a small Mediterranean port town west of Algiers, and its chambre de commerce — or in this case a local commercial union acting in that capacity — issued emergency fractional notes in 1915 because the outbreak of World War One had caused a near-total disappearance of small coinage from circulation across French Algeria. Bronze and nickel were pulled from commerce almost immediately after mobilization, and municipalities scrambled to fill the gap with whatever authority they could cobble together.
The Union Commerciale de Ténès had no formal banking status. These notes circulated on collective merchant credibility alone, redeemable only locally.