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25 Centimes Annemasse
| Issuer | Baud Albert, Quincaillier, Annemasse |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper ground with a red-printed decorative border of scrollwork and foliate corner ornaments framing the central text. The issuer's name 'BAUD ALBERT' and trade designation 'QUINCAILLIER' appear at top centre in blue letterpress, above the bon-pour legend and large-numeral denomination '25 Centimes'. A hand-stamped serial number in a rectangular frame appears at lower left, accompanied by a manuscript signature of the issuer at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | CE BON POURRA [ÊTRE UTILISÉ POUR DES TRAN]SACTIONS [NE POURRA PAS ÊTRE REMBOURSÉ PAR LES CAISSES PUBLIQUES] SALLANCHES IMPRIMERIE MODERNE |
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Albert Baud was a hardware merchant — quincaillier — in Annemasse, a border town wedged against Geneva. In 1918, with small change essentially absent from French circulation due to wartime metal requisitions, local tradespeople across the Haute-Savoie issued their own emergency paper tokens. Baud was one of dozens of private shopkeepers who did so, each note redeemable only at their own counter.
The Imprimerie Moderne in Sallanches handled a number of these Haute-Savoie emergency issues, which gives surviving examples a certain regional consistency in print quality despite the improvised circumstances of their issue.