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10 Francs Armarine; Military consumer cooperative
| Issuer | Armarine (French Navy Military Cooperative) |
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| Year | 1950-1955 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Reverse description | Plain red paper with black letterpress text centred on the note. A circular violet handstamp of the issuing cooperative is applied across the centre, partially overlapping the printed text. |
| Reverse lettering | AVIS Les tickets donnent lieu, en fin d'année, au remboursement du trop- perçu qui résulte de l'arrêté de la comptabilité. (Translation: Notice. At the end of the year, the tickets entitle the holder to a refund of the overpayment resulting from the closing of the accounts.) |
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Armarine was the purchasing cooperative serving French Navy personnel, operating a network of shipboard and dockside stores where sailors could buy goods at reduced prices — a system with roots in the nineteenth century but formalized under the postwar military reorganization. These small-denomination vouchers functioned as internal scrip, accepted only within the cooperative's own retail outlets and not redeemable through any civilian banking channel.
Red paper was a deliberate choice across several French military scrip series of this period, distinguishing cooperative currency from standard francs and making unauthorized use in civilian commerce immediately obvious.