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5 Francs - Bon commercial de Roanne [42]
| Issuer | Union Economique Roannaise Fédérée |
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| Year | 1920-1935 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress on cream paper in Art Nouveau style. The central text block contains the issuing body's title, registered address at 71 Rue du Commerce, Roanne, and a handwritten-style printed notice of purchase, all within an elaborate guilloche border. Two allegorical winged female figures, rendered in fine intaglio line engraving, stand at either side as lateral vignettes, while the denomination numeral "5" appears in ornate cartouches at each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 | UNION ECONOMIQUE ROANNAISE FÉDÉRÉE | 5 SOCIÉTE ANONYME AU CAPITAL DE 30.000 Fcs. SIÈGE SOCIAL & BUREAUX : 71 , Rue du Commerce N° DU COMPTE 1710 | ROANNE | Registre du Commerce Roanne N° 459 J`ai l`avantage d`informer l` UNION ECONOMIQUE ROANNAISE que ce jour j`ai choisi chez M porté sur la liste des fournisseurs des marchandises dont j`avais besoin pour la somme de 5 FRANCS | 6 AVRIL 1928 5 | N° 14108 | 5 BOURQUIN - REIMS |
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The Union Economique Roannaise Fédérée was a retail merchants' cooperative in Roanne, Loire, and this bon commercial was a privately circulated scrip rather than a state-issued note. Such federations issued their own fractional currency to encourage spending within the membership network — essentially a loyalty instrument with monetary function, redeemable only at participating shops.
The fifteen-year span of the series reflects how durable these local commercial arrangements could be in provincial France between the wars. Bourquin of Reims was a regional commercial printer, not a security printing house, so these were produced to trade standards rather than banknote specifications.