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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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| Engraver(s) | Charles-Jules Robert |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette flanked by two oval medallions, left and right, each bearing a personification of Industry and Agriculture respectively. Two cherubs appear at the top of the composition. The upper centre is occupied by five smaller medallions arranged in a row, presenting Minerva alongside allegorical figures of the four seasons, rendered in a classical engraved style consistent with early twentieth-century French banknote art. |
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| Reverse lettering | DIESER GELDSCHEIN WIRD, IM SAARGEBIET, DURCH DEN GENERALKASSIERER DES GRUBENVERWALTUNG GEGEN EINEN SCHECK IM GLEICHEN BETRAG AUF DIE BANQUE DE FRANCE UMGEWECHSELT ; IN FRANKREICH WIRD ER VON DER BANQUE DE FRANCE AN DEN KASSEN ALLER IHRER NIEDERLASSUNGEN, GEGEN DEREN EIGENE NOTEN UND FUR DEN GLEICHEN BETRAG, IN TAUSCH GENOMMEN. LE PRESENT BILLET EST, DANS LE TERRITOIRE DE LA SARRE ECHANGEABLE PAR LE CAISSIER GENERAL DES MINES CONTRE UN CHEQUE D`UN EGAL MON- TANT SUR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE ; EN FRANCE IL EST ACCEPTE PAR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE AUX GUICHETS DE TOUS SES ETABLISSEMENTS EN ECHANGE DE SES PRO- PRES BILLETS ET POUR LE MEME MONTANT. BAUDRY DEL J. ROBERT SC |
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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.