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25 Centimes - Villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing [59]
| Issuer | Villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 0,25 | 0,25 VILLES DE ROUBAIX ET DE TOURCOING BON DE MONNAIE DIXIÈME SÉRIE 25 CENTIMES Garanti par les villes de Roubaix et de Tourcoing et remboursable à la recette de chaque ville à partir du sixième mois après la conclusion de la paix Délibération du conseil municipal de Roubaix du 21 Avril 1917 Approuvé par l'autorité préfectorale du 10 Mai 1917 N°520 LE MAIRE DE ROUBAIX LE MAIRE DE TOURCOING N° DE CONTRÔLE 0,25 0,25 Pour être valable ce billet doit être frappé du timbre sec de l'une des deux villes Louis Debode, Imp, Roubaix |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-brown letterpress with a uniform decorative border. The central vignette displays the large numeral '25' above the word 'Centimes' within an ornate oval guilloche frame, flanked symmetrically by the heraldic coats of arms of Roubaix (left) and Tourcoing (right), each surmounted by a mural crown. The denomination '0,25' appears in circular cartouches at all four corners, with 'VILLE DE ROUBAIX' and 'VILLE DE TOURCOING' inscribed above the respective arms. |
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Roubaix and Tourcoing were under German occupation from October 1914 until the armistice, and the acute shortage of small coin — hoarded or removed from circulation by occupying forces — forced the two municipalities to issue emergency paper together. A joint municipal issue was administratively unusual; the two cities, though neighboring and economically intertwined through the textile industry, maintained separate civic identities. The collaboration was purely practical.
The embossed dry seal served as the primary authentication device — ink-based security printing was difficult to arrange under occupation conditions, and Debode's press was working under significant constraint.