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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Ville de Marengo (Département d'Alger) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes |
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| Obverse description | Typographic black letterpress print on cream paper, enclosed within a decorative border of repeating floral and geometric motifs. The issuer name 'VILLE DE MARENGO' appears in bold capitals at the top, below which a wavy rule separates the denomination '0.25 c.' in large bold numerals, preceded by 'BON pour' to the left. At the foot of the note, a two-line municipal authorization text references the deliberation of the Municipal Council dated 21 December 1916. |
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| Reverse lettering | LES TICKETS SERONT ÉCHANGÉS CONTRE DES BONS DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCÉ D'ALGER OU CONTRE DES BILLETS DE BANQUE |
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Marengo — renamed from the Berber settlement of Hadjout by French colonial authorities — issued emergency small-change notes during World War One because the wholesale hoarding of coins had left Algerian municipalities functionally without fractional currency. The Chambre de Commerce d'Alger coordinated many such issues across the département, but individual communes also issued independently, which is why Marengo's notes carry the municipal authority rather than a regional body.
These hyper-local Algerian necessity issues from 1914–1918 are poorly documented compared to their metropolitan French counterparts, and survival rates are uneven. Marengo's 25 centimes is among the more obscure entries in the series.