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25 Centimes Ville de Huy
| Issuer | Ville de Huy (City of Huy, Province of Liège, Belgium) |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in black on plain paper, the design enclosed within a geometric border frame. The central text block carries the municipal title, denomination, redemption clause, and date of issue in multiple lines, flanked by the manuscript signatures of the Secretary and Burgomaster. A red serial number appears within the text area, and the printer's imprint is set in black at the lower left beneath the frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLE DE HUY (ligne) Bon de Caisse de 25 Centimes 25 CENTIMES remboursable au plus tôt le 1er janvier 1916 à la Caisse communale. LE SECRETAIRE, LE BOURGMESTRE, HUY, LE 1ER JUIN 1915 (signature) E 0526 DEGRÂCE, Huy - 613-15 |
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Huy is a small Walloon town on the Meuse, occupied by German forces from August 1914. Like dozens of Belgian municipalities cut off from the national banking system, the city was forced to issue its own emergency fractional currency — the national franc had effectively vanished into hoarding within weeks of the invasion. These municipal notes were authorized under German occupation administration, which is why this one was printed not locally but at A. Berger in Laupheim, Baden-Württemberg.
The German printing connection is rarely flagged in general catalogs but matters: Belgian printers were either unavailable or refused the work, leaving occupying authorities to route production through German commercial presses.