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10 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Sedan 08
| Issuer | Ville de Sedan (Mairie de Sedan) |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note of typeset letterpress design, with the text block occupying the full face and a large circular postmark impression of the Sedan Chamber of Commerce applied in black ink as the primary authenticating device. The text is arranged in multiple lines detailing the issuing authority, the promise of redemption in specie after the signing of peace, and bearing two manuscript facsimile signatures of municipal officials. The serial number and date of issue are printed in the lower portion of the note. |
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| Signature(s) | HUBERT (Secrétaire général de la Mairie) and GRANDPIERRE (Adjoint délégué au Maire) |
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Sedan fell under German military occupation within days of the August 1914 offensive, and remained occupied for the duration of the war. With coin coinage hoarded or removed from circulation almost immediately, the mairie — not the chamber of commerce, despite what some catalog attributions suggest — issued this fractional emergency note under the authority of the adjoint délégué rather than the mayor himself, reflecting the disrupted municipal command structure of an occupied town.
The watermark security feature is notable given the conditions; sourcing watermarked stock in occupied northern France in 1915 was not a trivial administrative act.