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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Commune de Courrières (Département du Pas-de-Calais) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes |
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| Obverse lettering | Commune de Courrières 25 C. Bons communaux Emission Août 1915 N° 000,709 Vingt-cinq centimes Ce Bon est remboursable après la guerre. Pour être valable ce Bon doit être revêtu du cachet de la Mairie. Le Maire, Maurice Tilloy IMPRIMERIE PLOUVIER-DEKINDT, HÉNIN 20569 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, left blank on plain paper stock. The image shows the heavily worn and soiled back of this wartime emergency note, with fold lines and surface aging consistent with extended circulation during the First World War. |
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Courrières is a name that resonates for a specific reason: the 1906 mining disaster there killed over a thousand workers — the deadliest industrial accident in European history to that point. By 1915 the town was under German occupation, the normal monetary system had collapsed, and local communes across the Pas-de-Calais were forced to issue their own emergency small change. This note is a direct product of that administrative improvisation.
Printed by a local press in nearby Hénin, authenticated by official stamp, and signed by Maurice Tilloy as communal authority, it circulated among a civilian population cut off from the French banking network for the duration of the occupation.