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5 Francs Clermont-Ferrand
| Issuer | Etablissements A. Olier, Clermont-Ferrand |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Red paper note printed entirely in black letterpress. The heading reads "COMMANDO N° 142" in bold uppercase letters within a ruled border at top, followed by the issuer name "Etabts A. OLIER - Clermont-Ferrand" in smaller text. The denomination "5 fr." is rendered in large bold numerals occupying the lower portion of the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMANDO N° 142 Etabts A. OLIER - Clermont-Ferrand 5fr. |
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Olier was a commercial rubber manufacturing firm in Clermont-Ferrand — not a bank, not a municipality. Like hundreds of French industrial and commercial enterprises during the Occupation, it issued its own scrip when the Banque de France could no longer guarantee adequate small-denomination coinage and notes for wage payments. These bons de nécessité circulated primarily among the firm's own workforce and, to a limited degree, in local shops willing to accept them.
The red paper stock is characteristic of the Olier issues and helps distinguish them from the several other Clermont-Ferrand emergency pieces produced during the same period. Acceptance beyond the factory gates was never guaranteed.