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| Uitgever | Ville de Marengo (Commune of Marengo, Algeria) |
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| Jaar | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| 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 |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed on yellow-orange paper, the obverse is framed by a decorative border of repeating cross and diamond typographic ornaments. The issuer's name VILLE DE MARENGO is set in bold capital letters at the top, separated from the central text by a wavy rule. The denomination 0.10c. is rendered in large bold numerals accompanied by the text BON pour, with the authorizing Municipal Council resolution date inscribed below in two lines. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | LES TICKETS SERONT ÉCHANGÉS CONTRE DES BONS DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ALGER OU CONTRE DES BILLETS DE BANQUE |
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| Opmerkingen |
Marengo was a French colonial settlement in the Mitidja plain west of Algiers, renamed from the Berber Douaouda after the Battle of Marengo in 1800 — one of dozens of Algerian villages handed Napoleonic battlefield names during the colonization period. By 1916, wartime metal shortages had stripped small change from circulation across France and its territories alike. Communes throughout metropolitan France and Algeria issued their own emergency fractional notes, typically in runs just large enough to cover local market needs.
The Ville de Marengo series is among the scarcer Algerian municipal issues of the period, reflecting both the town's modest size and low original print quantities.