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25 Centimes - Hasselt
| Issuer | City of Hasselt (Province of Limburg) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is otherwise plain, bearing a single circular municipal cachet applied in blue ink, slightly off-centre toward the left. The stamp, typical of Belgian communal emergency currency of the First World War period, served as the authenticating seal validating the note for local circulation. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Hasselt issued this emergency fractional note in 1918 under German occupation, when the occupying authorities had effectively drained Belgium of its metallic currency. Municipal notes of this kind — issued by individual cities rather than any banking authority — were a patchwork response to a genuine coin famine, and Limburg produced several distinct local series during this period.
Van Langenacker was a local commercial printer, not a security press. The official stamp was the primary — and thin — defense against counterfeiting.