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2 francs
| Issuer | Secours National |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain text layout on a light ground, carrying the charitable appeal text of the Secours National and its partner organizations, with a serial reference at lower left. The reverse notes this bon was distributed in the Seine department by Entraide d'Hiver du Maréchal, Paris section of Secours National. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 2 G CE BON N'A AUCUNE VALEUR MONÉTAIRE Il ne représente pas de capital , il ne rapporte pas d'intérêts. Des centaines de milliers de femmes , d'enfants , de vieillards ont faim et froid ; ils sont sans ressources . Achetez ce bon pour leur venir en aide . Et pensez aussi aux prisonniers nécessiteux ou sans famille qui n'attendent rien que de vous . Plus vous souscrivez de bons de solidarité , plus vous ferez reculer la misère et ses tragiques conséquences . SECOURS NATIONAL CROIX-ROUGE FRANÇAISE COMITÉ CENTRAL D'ASSISTANCE AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE G 611,580 Tout bon détaché de sa souche ne pourra plus être vendu. |
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Secours National was a French relief organization that predated the Occupation but was absorbed into the Vichy state apparatus after 1940, repurposed as a vehicle for social welfare propaganda under Pétain's National Revolution. These small-denomination notes were issued as auxiliary vouchers, not legal tender — they circulated within specific relief networks and charitable distribution schemes rather than through normal banking channels.
The 1941 date places this squarely in the period before the Free Zone collapse, when Vichy still maintained the pretense of administrative autonomy.