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10 Francs - Bon de monnaie de Croix et de Wasquehal [59]
| Issuer | Villes de Croix et de Wasquehal |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLES DE CROIX ET DE WASQUEHAL DEUXIÈME SÉRIE BON DE MONNAIE DIX FRANCS Garanti par les villes de Croix et de Wasquehal Approuvées par Mr le Préfet du Nord , le 10 Novembre 1914 et remboursable à partir du Sixième Mois après la conclusion de la Paix Le Maire de CROIX N° 6249 Le Maire de WASQUEHAL RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE pour être valable , ce billet doit être frappé du cachet de l`une des deux villes |
| Reverse description | Pale blue monochrome note with a fine geometric guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The coats of arms of Croix (left) and Wasquehal (right) are printed in light blue at either side, each surmounted by the respective city name in an arc. A central oval panel contains the anti-counterfeiting legal warning text from Article 139 of the Penal Code, and the printer's imprint appears in small lettering at the foot of the note. |
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Croix and Wasquehal are two small textile-industry communes immediately east of Roubaix, and in the autumn of 1914 they were under German occupation. With French national currency effectively inaccessible, local authorities issued these bons de monnaie — emergency municipal scrip — to keep basic commerce functioning. The Sénécaut print shop in Roubaix produced them under occupation conditions, which makes the survival of any example something of an accident rather than a plan.
The Jeton de Papier catalogue reference JP1418 covers the extensive Nord département emergency issues; the sheer number of distinct commune-level emissions from this single region in 1914 reflects how completely the German advance severed normal monetary supply chains.