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2 Franc
| Issuer | Commune de Rumillies |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Franc (1832-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper with a red letterpress-printed decorative border of interlocking floral and scroll motifs framing the entire note. The issuing authority "COMMUNE DE RUMILLIES / BELGIQUE - HAINAUT" is typeset at the top, with the large bold legend "BON DE MONNAIE" below it; the denomination "DEUX FRANCS" appears in white reverse lettering within a black rectangular panel at centre, flanked by large red numeral "2" on each side. Below the denomination panel, two manuscript signatures appear over the printed titles "LE SECRÉTAIRE" and "LE BOURGMESTRE", with the authorisation text and date "LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1914" printed between them. |
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| Protection description | Circular violet ink official stamp on reverse, bearing the communal coat of arms and the legend "ADMINISTRATION COMMUNALE DE RUMILLIES - HAINAUT" |
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Rumillies is a small village in the province of Hainaut, and in late 1914 it was squarely in the path of the German advance into Belgium. This note is a bons de nécessité — emergency scrip issued at the commune level when the Belgian franc effectively ceased to function as a reliable medium of local exchange during the occupation. Hundreds of Belgian communes did the same, and the lithographic workshops of Tournai, including Cart, turned out many of them before conditions made even that difficult.
The official stamp is the only authentication — no serial numbers, no sophisticated anti-counterfeiting. A rubber stamp and the authority of the local administration were considered sufficient.