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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Ville de Verviers (City of Verviers) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The heading VILLE DE VERVIERS runs across the top in bold letterpress type, flanked by two municipal heraldic shields set within decorative vegetal borders. A circular official ink seal of the City of Verviers is applied at centre, with the denomination 0.25 within an orange wax-seal vignette at lower right and the date 1914 in a roundel at lower left. The central panel carries an authentication clause in French stipulating the required signatures of the Bourgmestre, Echevin des Finances, and Secrétaire Communal together with the municipal seal as conditions of validity, with a serial number printed in the lower centre area. |
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| Reverse description | A central vignette of the Verviers City Hall, rendered in green intaglio-style print, is set within an arched frame, with VILLE DE VERVIERS and BON DE CAISSE in letterpress above and VINGT-CINQ CENTIMES in large type below. The date Verviers, le 15 Septembre 1914 is inscribed above the vignette, accompanied by three manuscript signatures for the Secrétaire Communal, Bourgmestre, and Echevin des Finances. Four corner vignettes carry alternating heraldic shields and flaming torch motifs, with the denomination 0.25 in square panels at lower left and right and the printer's imprint CH. VINCHE VERVIERS at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Circular ink stamp of the City of Verviers applied to the obverse; authentication clause on obverse specifying required signatures of the Bourgmestre, Echevin des Finances, and Secrétaire Communal, together with the municipal seal, as conditions of validity |
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