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5 Francs - Bon de monnaie de Croix et de Wasquehal [59]
| Issuer | Villes de Croix et de Wasquehal |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green letterpress note with an ornate guilloche border enclosing the joint municipal arms of Croix (a plain cross) at upper left and Wasquehal (quartered fleurs-de-lis) at upper right, each surmounted by a civic crown. The denomination 'CINQ FRANCS' appears in large white letters on a solid dark band within a decorative cartouche at centre. At the foot, a circular vignette bears the allegorical head of Marianne with the legend 'RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE', flanked by the manuscript signatures of the two mayors and the printed serial number. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in pale green, the reverse carries the two municipal coat-of-arms vignettes at left and right, mirroring the obverse layout, with a large central oval panel containing the anti-counterfeiting legal warning text in full. The printer's imprint 'IMP. ACHILLE SÉNÉCAUT' appears in small capitals at the lower margin, and the town names 'CROIX' and 'WASQUEHAL' are set at the upper corners. |
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Croix and Wasquehal are adjacent industrial communes on the eastern fringe of Roubaix, and their joint issue of emergency bon de monnaie in 1914 reflects the immediate crisis that gripped northern France within weeks of the German advance. By October 1914, the entire Roubaix-Tourcoing agglomeration was under occupation, coin had vanished from circulation through hoarding, and local authorities scrambled to produce fractional substitutes using whatever printer was still operational nearby. Sénécaut, a Roubaix house, was the obvious choice.
The joint municipal authority arrangement — two communes sharing a single emission — is relatively uncommon even within the crowded field of French WWI necessity issues.