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10 Francs - Syndicat de communes de la région de Cambrai [59]
| Issuer | Syndicat de Communes de la Région de Cambrai |
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| Year | 1916-1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on a light paper ground, the obverse is enclosed within an ornate scrollwork and acanthus-leaf border with the denomination numeral '10' in large guilloche-bordered roundels at each corner. The issuer's title 'SYNDICAT DE COMMUNES DE LA RÉGION DE CAMBRAI' is set within a central oval cartouche at the top, beneath which two lines of text state the purpose and guarantee of the emission. A series letter and serial number appear in the central field, with the denomination 'DIX FRANCS' in large bold capitals below, underprinted with a repeating text watermark pattern. Three manuscript signatures for the Vice-Président, Président, and Secrétaire occupy the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'IMP. DELIGNE & CIE. CAMBRAI' at the lower right. |
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Cambrai was under German military occupation from August 1914 until October 1918, which makes the very existence of this note worth pausing over. The Syndicat de Communes — a grouping of local municipalities rather than any formal banking authority — issued emergency fractional and small-denomination paper because coin had vanished from circulation almost immediately after the front stabilized nearby. Fernand Deligne, a local Cambrai printer, produced the series under occupation conditions, which explains both the modest production values and the geographic specificity of the issuer.
The Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 would later make the town internationally known as the first large-scale tank assault in history. These notes were already circulating when that fighting began.