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5 euros Bisontins Victor Hugo
| Issuer | Crédit Mutuel Doubs |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Purple ground with yellow star border motifs along the left margin, carrying the vertical inscription 'Euros Bisontins'. The central field contains a bold heading 'Parité' in red italic lettering above a block of explanatory text in French detailing the Euro conversion rate and a promotional game. Sponsor and institutional logos are aligned along the bottom edge, including those of Europe 2, Crédit Mutuel Doubs, the Ministère de l'Économie des Finances et de l'Industrie, Trésor Public, and the City of Besançon. |
| Reverse lettering | Euros Bisontins Parité La contre-valeur d'un Euro sera déterminée irrévocablement le 1er janvier 1999. On peut dire Aujourd'hui qu'un Euro vaudra aux environs de 6,5 Francs. (6 chiffres significatifs dont 5 après la virgule). Jouez & gagnez avec l'Euro bisontin! 200 Euros Bisontins récoltés: vous gagnez une place de cinéma. entre 200 et 500 EB: vous gagnez un convertisseur électronique. entre 500 et 1000 EB: vous gagnez un compact-disc. Pour bénéficier de ces cadeaux, rendez-vous dans une agence du Crédit Mutuel à Besançon pendant tout le mois de Novembre 98. Picture-it! Imedia Europe 2 Crédit Mutuel Doubs Ministère de l'économie des Finances et de l'industrie Trésor Public Besançon |
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The Bisontins were a series of local complementary currencies issued by cooperative credit institutions in the Franche-Comté region during the late 1990s, functioning as a regional exchange medium accepted by participating merchants in the Doubs department. They were never legal tender and carried no obligation on the Banque de France. Hugo was born in Besançon in 1802, making him the obvious local figurehead for this denomination — a choice that required no creative debate.
Imedia Europe 2 was a Besançon-based print house, so the note was conceived, printed, and intended to circulate entirely within a few kilometers of its own production.