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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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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | VILLE DE LILLE - BON COMMUNAL 10 CENTIMES SERIE C VILLE DE LILLE - BON COMMUNAL DELEMAR & DUBAR LILLE |
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| Protection description | Circular municipal control stamp of the Service du Contrôle de la Ville de Lille, applied by hand to validate each note |
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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.