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2 Francs
| Issuer | Stadt Gent (City of Ghent) |
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| Year | 1916-1918 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note with a decorative outer border enclosing the bold stylised title 'STAD GENT' at upper centre. To the left, the crowned coat of arms of Ghent with the motto 'HOU EN TROU' on a scroll beneath is rendered in fine cross-hatched relief. The large numeral '2 Fr.' occupies the centre, flanked to the right by a solid dark panel bearing the denomination 'TWEE FRANK' in white letters. A serial number appears at upper left, and the anti-counterfeiting warning 'NAMAAK WORDT STRENG VERVOLGD' is set within a bordered panel at lower left, with the facsimile signatures of the Secretary and Burgomaster below, and the printer's imprint '• HEINS, GENT •' at the very foot. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress reverse with an elaborate Art Nouveau-style border of foliate scrollwork at the corners. The heading 'VILLE DE GAND' is set in bold capitals within a decorated panel at top, below which a guilloche band carries the city motto 'Fides et Amor'. The central field states the redemption condition in French script, flanked by a dark panel bearing '2 Fr.' to the left and 'DEUX FRANCS' in bold capitals to the right, separated by an ornamental trident motif. At the foot, a small heraldic vignette of the Ghent lion within a shield is centred between the printed titles and facsimile signatures of the Secretary and Burgomaster. |
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Ghent was under German military occupation from October 1914, and by 1916 the acute shortage of coins — hoarded, melted, or withdrawn — forced municipalities across Belgium to issue their own emergency paper. The City of Ghent was among the more prolific of these local issuers, producing several denominations through the occupation years with Heins, a local Ghent printer, handling production entirely within the occupied city.
The dual signatures of De Bruycker and E. Braun reflect municipal administrative authority rather than any banking structure — these were civic IOUs, not banknotes in any formal sense, and their acceptance depended entirely on local trust in a city administration operating under a foreign military government.