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50 Centimes - Colmar
| Issuer | Ville de Colmar (Municipality of Colmar) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#130- 01/02/05 |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLE DE COLMAR 50 CENTIMES EMISSION DU 15 DEC.1918 LA COMMISSION MUNICIPALE LE RECECEVEUR MUNICIP. LE V-PRESIDENT DE LA COMMISSION MUNICIP. SERIE C ALBERT JESS COLMAR |
| Reverse description | Plain white ground with a block of letterpress text in black, setting out the legal basis for the issue and the redemption conditions. The text references the authorization by the State Councillor and Commissioner of the Republic at Colmar dated 14 December 1918, and states that reimbursement is available at the Municipal Treasury of the City of Colmar until 31 December 1920. |
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Colmar was under German administration as part of Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen from 1871 until the Armistice of November 1918, which means this note was issued during or immediately after the transfer of Alsace back to France — a moment of profound administrative confusion when neither German marks nor French francs were reliably available in sufficient quantity. Municipal fractional notes like this one filled a practical gap that neither Frankfurt nor Paris was prepared to address quickly.
Albert Jess was a local Colmar printer, not a specialist banknote producer, and the workmanship reflects that. The JP#130 series runs to at least five reference numbers, suggesting the municipality issued multiple variants to meet ongoing demand well into the reintegration period.