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Departmental Emergency Currency
The Departmental Emergency Currency category includes banknotes issued locally in France, mainly during periods of shortage and economic crisis, particularly during the two World Wars.
These banknotes, often of small denominations and rudimentary design, were issued by Chambers of Commerce, municipalities, or other local organizations to compensate for the lack of official fiduciary currency.
Each banknote is classified and presented according to its issuing department, facilitating research and collection by geographical area. Information generally includes the issuer, face value, date of issue, and descriptive details.
This section offers a unique glimpse into French local economic history through these monetary testimonies of specific eras.
- Assignats
- Bank of France Banknotes
- Treasury Bills
- Necessity Money (1789-1945)
- Departmental Emergency Currency
- Ain 01
- Aisne (02)
- Allier 03
- Ardennes Charleville Mezieres
- Ariège Foix
- Aube Troyes Scrip
- Aude Carcassonne
- Aveyron Rodez
- Basses-Alpes
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Calvados Caen Emergency Banknotes
- Cantal Aurillac Emergency Money
- Charente Angoulême
- Charente-Maritime
- Dear Bourges
- Corrèze Tulle
- Côte-d'Or Dijon
- Dordogne Perigueux
- Doubs Besançon
- Drôme Valence
- Essonne
- Eure Evreux
- Eure-et-Loir Chartres
- Finistère Quimper
- Gard Nimes
- Gers Auch
- Gironde
- Haut-Rhin Colmar
- Haute-Garonne
- Haute-Loire
- Haute-Marne
- Haute-Saône Vesoul
- Haute-Savoie Chambery
- Haute-Vienne Limoges
- Hérault
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Indre
- Indre-et-Loire
- Isère
- Jura Emergency Money
- Landes
- Loir-et-Cher
- Loire
- Loire-Atlantique
- Loiret
- Lot
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Lozère
- Maine-et-Loire
- Manche
- Marne
- Mayenne
- Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Meuse
- Morbihan
- Nièvre
- North
- Oise
- Orne
- Paris
- Pas-de-Calais
- Puy-de-Dôme Emergency Banknotes
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Rhône
- Saône-et-Loire
- Sarthe
- Seine-et-Marne
- Seine-Maritime
- Seine-Saint-Denis
- Somme
- Tarn
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Territoire de Belfort
- Var
- Vaucluse
- Vendée
- Vienna
- Vosges
- Yonne
- Lottery (1705- )
- Colonies and Overseas Territories
- Graded Banknotes
- Lots
- School Banknotes
- Samples and School Banknotes
France 3 sols - Oise - Municipality of Noyon - Merchant Mercier - R5 on Kolsky (rare) - VF
$164.25
France 20 sols - Oise - Grandvilliers District Caisse - R5 on Kolsky (rare) - VF
$164.25
France 10 sols - Nord - Non-forced exchange ticket - Municipality of Valenciennes - ND
$43.8
France 9 sols - Nord - Non-forced exchange ticket - Municipality of Valenciennes - ND
$43.8
France 6 sols - Nord - Non-forced exchange ticket - Municipality of Valenciennes - ND - FF
$54.75
France 4 sols - Neuilly le Vendain - Julien Durouet - Non répertorié - VG+
$87.6
France 3 Sous - Haute-Marne - Chaumont municipality - 1791 - VF
$76.65
France 50 Sols - Marne - Patriotic fund of Reims - 02-07-1791 - FF
$76.65
France 40 Sols - Manche - Patriotic fund of the municipality of Saint Laurent de Cuve - 1794 - FF
$109.5
France 20 Sols - Manche - Patriotic fund of the municipality of Saint Laurent de Cuve - 1794 - VG+
$87.6
France 10 Sols - Manche - Commune des Pieux - Not found (rare) - 1793 - FF
$164.25
France 3 Sols - Manche - Commune de Cérisy - Not found (rare) - 1793 - FF+
$191.63
France 5 sous - Lozère - Saint Jean la fouillouse muncipality - 1792 - VF
$43.8
France 10 Sols - Maine et loire - Angers municipality - 10-02-1792 - VF
$65.7
France 30 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 03-02-1792 - FF
$87.6
France 20 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 03-02-1792 - VF
$87.6
France 20 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 03-02-1792 - VF
$87.6
France 12 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 03-02-1792 - VF
$87.6
France 6 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 03-02-1792 - FF
$76.65
France 30 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 30-12-1791 - FF+
$87.6
France 20 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 30-12-1791 - FF+
$87.6
France 12 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 30-12-1791 - VF
$87.6
France 6 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 30-12-1791 - VF
$76.65
France 30 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 26-11-1791 - VF
$164.25
France 20 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 26-11-1791 - VF
$109.5
France 12 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 26-11-1791 - VF
$109.5
France 6 Sols - Maine et loire - District de Saumur - 26-11-1791 - VG
$54.75
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