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10 Centimes - Ville de Lille [59]
| Issuer | Ville de Lille (Municipality of Lille) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLE DE LILLE - BON COMMUNAL 10 CENTIMES SERIE C GARANTI PAR LA VILLE REMBOURSABLE A LA CAISSE MUNICIPALE A PARTIR DU SIXIÈME MOIS APRÈS LA CONCLUSION DE LA PAIX Délibération du Conseil Municipal du 31 Octobre 1917 approuvée par l'Autorité Préfectorale LE RECEVEUR MUNICIPAL LE MAIRE Le présent bon n'est valable que s'il est revêtu du timbre du Service du Contrôle de la Ville |
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| Protection type | Control stamp |
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Lille was under German military occupation from October 1914 until the armistice, and the city's municipal administration — permitted to function under close supervision — issued emergency fractional notes to address the near-total disappearance of metallic coinage. The Delemar & Dubar printing house, operating locally under occupation conditions, produced this and related denominations entirely within the city itself.
The control stamp was the primary check against counterfeiting in a monetary environment with no central oversight. German authorities tolerated these emissions as a practical necessity rather than approving them as policy.