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20 Centimes Commune de Cornesse
| Issuer | Administration Communale de Cornesse (Province de Liège) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Franc |
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| Reverse description | Letterpress in brown and green on cream paper, enclosed within a plain ruled border with ornamental corner scrollwork. The issuer title COMMUNE DE CORNESSE appears in large capitals along a curved banner at the top, below which three numbered authenticity criteria are set out in smaller type. A large circular purple administrative stamp of the Administration Communale de Cornesse, enclosing the communal coat of arms, is applied by hand to the right of centre, partially overlapping the printed text. The denomination '0,20' is repeated in white within green square cartouches at the lower corners, with a brown heraldic lion device at bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | COMMUNE DE CORNESSE POUR ÊTRE AUTHENTIQUE LE BON DE CAISSE DOIT PORTER LES MARQUES SUIVANTES : 1° Les signatures du Collège échevinal 2° Le sceau Communal 3° Un numéro d'ordre N°067865 * 0,20 0,20 (sceau communal) |
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Cornesse is a small rural commune in the hills east of Liège, and like hundreds of Belgian municipalities in 1915, it was forced to print its own emergency fractional currency after German occupation disrupted the national money supply. The Crouquet & Fils print shop in nearby Verviers supplied many of these local issues across the province, producing them quickly and cheaply for administrations with no printing infrastructure of their own.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication device — without it, the note was worthless. Forgery of these low-denomination communal issues was nonetheless a real concern, and unstamped remainders exist.