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10 kilos acier ordinaire
| Issuer | O.C.R.P.I. - Office Central de Répartition des Produits Industriels |
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| Year | 1940-1948 |
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| Size | 93 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | O.C.R.P.I. SECTION DES FONTES FERS ET ACIERS VALABLE POUR COMMANDE JUSQU'AU 31 DÉCEMBRE 1948 10kg. BILLET DE 10 KILOS DE PRODUITS SIDÉRURGIQUES EN ACIER ORDINAIRE ID 0,177,862 LE DIR. DE LA CAISSE CENTRALE D'ÉMISSION LE DIR. DE LA SIDÉRURGIE RÉPARTITEUR |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and olive tones and is entirely ornamental, with a dense guilloche underprint filling the field within a geometric border of interlaced chain motifs at the perimeter. A large central diamond-shaped cartouche in a contrasting ochre tone carries the monogram 'CCETR'. Below, a rectangular panel in letterpress contains the statutory anti-counterfeiting warning in French. The word 'ENDOS' appears in letterpress at the top centre above the border. |
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The O.C.R.P.I. was the central French rationing authority established under Vichy in 1940 to manage industrial material allocation during the Occupation. These "bons de matières" — material vouchers — circulated not as currency but as administrative instruments, entitling the bearer to a fixed quantity of a controlled commodity, in this case ten kilos of ordinary steel. Postwar studies of the system note that the O.C.R.P.I. continued operating into the Liberation period, its machinery too embedded in the industrial supply chain to be immediately dismantled.
The voucher's paper construction made it inherently disposable — redeemed examples were typically cancelled or destroyed, which is why intact surviving specimens are genuinely uncommon.