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50 Centimes Clermont-Ferrand
| Issuer | Établissements A. Olier, Clermont-Ferrand (Commando No. 142) |
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| Year | 1940-1945 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMANDO N° 142 Etabts A. OLIER - Clermont-Ferrand 0fr.50 |
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| Reverse lettering | Cette monnaie de camp provisoire doit être seulement utilisée par les prisonniers de guerre de l'Axe. — Elle n'est valable qu'à l'intérieur du Commando N° 142. --------------------------------- Dieses provisorische lagergeld ist nur für kriegsgefangene der Achsenmächte verwendbar. — Es ist nur innerhalb des Kommandos Nr 142 gültig. (Translation: This provisional camp currency must only be used by Axis prisoners of war. It is valid only inside Commando No. 142.) |
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Établissements A. Olier was a commercial firm in Clermont-Ferrand pressed into service as one of the officially sanctioned emergency issuers under the German occupation's regulated bons de nécessité system. The "Commando No. 142" designation identifies this as part of a numbered series of local issuers authorized to produce small-denomination scrip to compensate for the chronic coin shortage that developed after 1940, when metal was systematically diverted to German war production and hoarding drained what remained from circulation.
Red paper was a deliberate production choice at this level — cheap, fast, and visually distinct from official Vichy-era currency.