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5 Francs - Mines Domaniales de la Sarre type 1920
| Issuer | Mines Domaniales Françaises de la Sarre |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 125 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | MINES DOMANIALES FRANÇAISES DE LA SARRE CINQ FRANCS 5 | 5 LE PRÉSENT BILLET EST DANS LE TERRITOIRE DE LA SARRE ECHANGEABLE PAR LE CAISSIER GÉNÉRAL DES MINES CONTRE UN CHÈQUE D`UN ÉGAL MONTANT SUR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE ; EN FRANCE IL EST ACCEPTE PAR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE AUX GUICHETS DE TOUS SES ÉTABLISSEMENTS EN ÉCHANGE DE SES PROPRES BILLETS ET POUR LE MÊME MONTANT. GEO. DUVAL. FEC. ROMAGNOL SC |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large blank oval reserve at upper left, with the denomination numeral "5" at lower left. The right half carries a finely engraved intaglio vignette of a docker shouldering a heavy sack on a quayside, with sailing vessels and harbour cranes visible in the background. The German-language redemption text is set in letterpress within the upper central field, flanked by the engravers' signatures at lower left and right. |
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After the Treaty of Versailles handed France control of the Saar coalfields as reparations, the Mines Domaniales Françaises de la Sarre needed a practical currency for its workforce — workers who were German-speaking but paid by a French state mining authority. These notes were not issued by any bank and had no standing as legal tender beyond the colliery payroll system.
Romagnoli engraved the obverse; Walhain the reverse — two different hands on the same note, which was not unusual for French emergency issues of the period but gives the two faces a subtly mismatched weight.