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25 Centimes Banque d`Émission de Lille [59]
| Issuer | Banque d'Émission de Lille |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE D'ÉMISSION DE LILLE MAI 1915 N° 920,084 25 CENTIMES L'ADMINISTRATEUR DÉLÉGUÉ LE PRÉSIDENT (signature) (signature) SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME AU CAPITAL DE CENT - MILLE FRANCS (cadre bas gauche :) L'INDUSTRIE FÉCONDE LE TRAVAIL (cadre bas droit :) LA SCIENCE ÉCLAIRE L'INDUSTRIE DELEMAR & DUBAR IMP. LILLE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in blue-grey ink and carries no colour underprint. A large oval cartouche at the centre contains the anti-counterfeiting legal warning text, with a pale guilloche numeral 25 watermark-style underprint visible behind it. The border is composed of richly engraved architectural and foliate ornaments with torch-and-ribbon motifs at the corners, and a small monogram cartouche inscribed BEL appears at the bottom centre. |
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The Banque d'Émission de Lille was established under German occupation after the fall of the city in October 1914, functioning as an instrument of economic administration in occupied northern France rather than a genuine French banking institution. These small-denomination emergency notes were produced locally by Delemar & Dubar to address the severe coin shortage that followed the German requisitioning of metallic currency — a problem that plagued every occupied commune in the Nord département throughout the war.
Small-format occupation issues from Lille are frequently found with handling damage; the paper quality available to local printers in 1915 was far below prewar commercial standards.