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2 Francs Ville de Dison
| Issuer | Ville de Dison (Province de Liège) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Franc |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed text in black within a rectangular frame ornamented with foliate border elements; the municipal coat of arms of Dison appears in the upper left corner, while the face value '2 FRANCS' is set in large bold type in the upper right. The central field carries the full caisse bond text with date of issue, 22 September 1914, and bears three manuscript signatures of the Bourgmestre, the Echevins, and the Secrétaire Communal below the main legend. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress text within a foliate-bordered rectangular frame; a small cherub vignette occupies the upper left corner. The text details the authentication requirements for the note's validity, and a red municipal seal of Dison is applied to the reverse. The serial number is printed in black. |
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Dison is a small industrial commune in the Verviers arrondissement, and its 1914 emergency notes belong to the first wave of Belgian municipal necessity currency issued in the weeks following the German invasion. With the Banque Nationale de Belgique unable to supply coin and small notes through disrupted channels, hundreds of Belgian communes — from major cities down to factory towns like Dison — authorized their own paper obligations to keep local commerce moving.
Authentication relied entirely on the official communal seal and manuscript signatures, both of which vary between surviving specimens depending on which municipal official was on duty at signing.