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5 francs
| Issuer | Secours National |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Size | 91 x 59 mm |
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| Reverse description | Entirely typeset reverse on a green guilloche underprint with matching feather-pattern border. A serial number is printed in black at the top centre. The text body sets out the charitable purpose of the bon, with issuing organisations named in the lower portion. Denomination numeral "5" appears in green at each upper corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 CE BON N'A AUCUNE VALEUR MONÉTAIRE Il ne représente pas de capital , il ne rapporte pas d'intérêt. Des centaines de femmes , d'enfants , de vieillards , ont faim ; ils sont sans ressources . En achetant ce bon , vous permettez à l'un d'eux de bénéficier d'un repas dans une cuisine d'entr'aide . Plus vous souscrivez de bons de solidarité , plus vous ferez reculer la misère et ses tragiques conséquences . SECOURS NATIONAL CROIX-ROUGE COMITÉ NATIONAL FRANÇAISE D'ENTR'AIDE AUX PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE Tout bon détaché de sa souche ne pourra plus être vendu . Distribué dans le département de la Seine par l'Entraide d'hiver du Maréchal , section parisienne du Secours National |
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Secours National was a French relief organization refounded in 1939 and subsequently co-opted wholesale by the Vichy regime, which used it as one of several vehicles for wartime social propaganda. These small-denomination vouchers were issued as part of wartime charitable fundraising, effectively functioning as collectible receipts for donations rather than currency proper — they circulated in a grey zone between token and banknote.
Not printed by Banque de France facilities. The Vichy connection has made certain Secours National material politically charged among French collectors, and provenance sometimes matters to buyers in ways that condition does not.