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2 Francs - Pipaix
| Uitgever | Commune de Pipaix (Province of Hainaut) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed on yellow paper, the note carries a typeset text block enclosed within a decorative letterpress border of repeating floral and geometric cartouche units forming a continuous frame. The denomination 'Deux Francs' is set in large bold type at centre, above the reimbursement clause and the issuance date in italic script. A circular communal dry stamp is applied at centre, and a handwritten serial number appears in the upper left corner above the text block, with manuscript signatures of the Secretary and Burgomaster at the foot. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain yellow paper, unprinted, showing through-impression of the obverse text in mirror image. No design, lettering, or security features are present on this face. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Pipaix is a village of a few hundred people in the Walloon municipality of Leuze-en-Hainaut. In August 1914, as the German advance cut off normal banking and coin supplies across occupied Belgium, hundreds of communes — including the smallest — issued their own emergency paper under the authority of local administrations. The legal basis was shaky; the practical necessity was absolute.
These hyper-local issues were typically printed in tiny runs, redeemed quickly once normal currency flow resumed, and rarely survived in quantity. Pipaix's 2 Franc note is among the more obscure commune-level emissions from Hainaut province.