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100 Francs - Mines Domaniales de la Sarre type 1920
| Issuer | Mines Domaniales Françaises de la Sarre |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 180 × 112 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | MINES DOMANIALES FRANCAISES DE LA SARRE 100 fr. CENT FRANCS 100 BAUDRY J. ROBERT SC |
| Reverse description | Central allegorical group representing Wisdom restraining Fortune, rendered as two female figures in an intaglio-engraved composition. Flanking cherubs at left and right each hold escutcheons bearing the denomination and decorative motifs including a dolphin and ink emblems. Bilingual text in French and German occupies the lower portion of the note, setting out the conditions of exchange at the Banque de France. |
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The Mines Domaniales Françaises de la Sarre was a French state-administered authority given control of the Saar coalfields under the Treaty of Versailles — a direct economic transfer from Germany intended as partial reparation for the deliberate flooding and destruction of French mines during the war. This note was issued by that authority, not by any central bank, making it a genuinely unusual instrument: industrial scrip backed by coal revenue rather than sovereign credit.
Paul Baudry designed the series, with engraving by Charles-Jules Robert — both with strong connections to the Banque de France's printing tradition, which explains the note's decidedly official character despite its industrial-authority origin. The Saar itself remained under League of Nations administration until the 1935 plebiscite returned it to Germany.