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5 Centimes
| Issuer | Stad Brugge (City of Bruges) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 5 Centimes (0.05) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and orange on beige paper, the reverse is dominated by a radiating sunburst underprint in orange issuing from the centre. A circular municipal seal is printed at centre, enclosing the crowned heraldic shield of Bruges within a wreath-like border, with the legend of the municipal administration running around the circumference. The issuing authority and cash-voucher designation appear in large bold letterpress type in each corner quadrant, with the date 1-6-15 at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | STAD BRUGGE KASBON 1-6-15 Brugge West.Vl. Gemeente Bestuur (Translation: City of Bruges Cash Voucher, 1 June 1915, Bruges West Flanders Municipal Administration) |
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Bruges issued its own small-denomination emergency paper during the German occupation of World War One, as the enforced withdrawal of Belgian coinage from circulation created an acute shortage of everyday change. Municipal authorities across occupied Belgium were left to solve the problem locally — hence the proliferation of city-issued noodgeld in 1914–1918, printed in modest runs with whatever equipment was at hand.
At five centimes, this was purely transactional currency — too small to hoard, too necessary to ignore. Local printing under occupation conditions means paper quality and impression consistency vary considerably within the series.