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25 Centimes - Ville de Saint-Quentin
| Issuer | Ville de Saint-Quentin |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 25 Centimes (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured paper bon with a simple typeset design enclosed within a thin rectangular border. The issuer's name "VILLE DE SAINT-QUENTIN" is set in bold capitals at the top, with a serial number in the upper left and the authorising municipal council deliberation date to the right. The denomination "VINGT-CINQ CENTIMES" is printed in large bold letterpress type at centre, beneath the "Bon Municipal de" designation, with redemption conditions stated below and a circular municipal stamp at lower left alongside the Mayor's manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLE DE SAINT-QUENTIN N° 43199 Délibération du Conseil Municipal du 3 Août 1914 Bon Municipal de VINGT-CINQ CENTIMES Remboursable en espèces à vue sur présentation à la Recette Munici- pale trois mois après la signature de la paix Le Maire |
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Saint-Quentin sits in the Aisne département, directly in the path of the German advance into France in August 1914. The town fell under occupation within weeks of mobilization, and municipal authorities — cut off from the Banque de France and with metal coinage vanishing almost immediately into hoarding and requisition — turned to locally printed paper scrip to keep commerce functional under occupation. These emergency bons de nécessité were a civilian solution to a military disruption, issued by the commune rather than any banking institution.
The JP reference places this firmly within the broader French necessity note cataloguing by Pirot, which documented hundreds of such local emissions from the war's opening months.