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50 Centimes - Ville de La Fère
| Issuer | Ville de La Fère (Caisse Municipale) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress printing on plain paper stock. The left border carries a vertical legend reading "VILLE DE LA FÈRE" within a decorative panel flanked by floral vignettes — carnation and iris motifs — repeated along the top and bottom borders. The central field bears the large bold legend "BON DE 0 FR. 50", with the series letter and serial number in the upper portion and repeated at the lower centre, above the issuing authority text and spaces for three manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Série B. N° 293 VILLE DE LA FÈRE Deuxième Émission * BON DE 0 FR. 50 La Caisse Municipale remboursera au Porteur la Somme de 0 Fr. 50 (Décision de la Ville de La Fère, du 12 Février 1915) Deux Membres du Conseil Municipal, Le Maire ou l'Adjoint, Le Receveur Municipal, N° 293 Série B. 0.50 |
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La Fère sits on the Oise in Aisne, and by late 1914 the town was under German occupation. This note was issued by the municipal cashier in 1915 — one of hundreds of French communes that printed emergency small change when metal coinage disappeared entirely from circulation and the central authorities were either absent or unreachable. What makes the provenance here quietly remarkable is the printer: Imprimerie Le Brun & Cie was located in Chauny, barely eight kilometres from La Fère, itself also within or near the occupied zone depending on the month.
How the printing order was fulfilled under those conditions is not documented.