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2 Francs - Montoire Loir-et-Cher
| Issuer | Dépôt d'Officiers Prisonniers de Guerre de Montoire (Loir-et-Cher) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress print on plain paper. A standing rooster vignette appears at right, with a seated lion at left; sword-on-column motifs flank both sides of the central text block. The denomination and issuing authority are set in bold typeface across the centre of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | RF Ve. RÉGION RF DÉPÔT D'OFFICIERS PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE 2 Francs RF ΜΟΝΤΟIRE (Loir & Cher) RF EL 1917 (Translation: French Republic. 5th region. Officers depot prisoners of war.) |
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Montoire-sur-le-Loir held a French officer POW depot during the First World War, and like many such camps, it developed its own internal scrip when standard currency became impractical for day-to-day transactions among prisoners. These camp issues were produced under German oversight but designed and often printed by the prisoners themselves — which accounts for the considerable variation in paper quality and typography across the series.
The Loir-et-Cher issues are among the lesser-documented French camp currencies of 1917, and surviving examples in any condition are infrequently traded.