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10 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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| Reference(s) | Fay#VF.53 |
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| Obverse lettering | MINES DOMANIALES FRANCAISES DE LA SARRE DIX FRANCS 10 | 10 LE PRESENT BILLET EST DANS LE TERRITOIRE DE LA SARRE ECHANGEABLE PAR LE CAISSIER GENERAL DES MINES CONTRE UN CHEQUE D`UN EGAL MONTANT SUR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE ; EN FRANCE IL EST ACCEPTE PAR LA BANQUE DE FRANCE AUX GUICHETS DE TOUS SES ETABLISSEMENTS EN ECHANGE DE SES PROPRES BILLETS ET POUR LE MEME MONTANT. GEO. DUVAL. FEC. ROMAGNOL SC |
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| Reverse lettering | DIESER GELDSCHEIN WIRD, IM SAARGEBIET, DURCH DEN GENERALKASSIERER DES GRUBENVERWALTUNG GEGEN EINEN SCHECK IM GLEICHEN BETRAG AUF DIE BANQUE DE FRANCE UMGEWECHSELT ; IN FRANKREICH WIRD ER VON DER BANQUE DE FRANCE AN DEN KASSEN ALLER IHRER NIEDERLASSUNGEN, GEGEN DEREN EIGENE NOTEN UND FUR DEN GLEICHEN BETRAG, IN TAUSCH GENOMMEN. GEO. DUVAL. FEC. ROMAGNOL SC |
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The Mines Domaniales Françaises de la Sarre was the French state-run authority managing the Saar coalfields awarded to France under the Treaty of Versailles as partial reparation for the destruction of French mines during the war. Because the Saar territory operated under League of Nations administration from 1920, it sat outside both the French and German monetary systems, creating a practical gap. These notes were issued as a localized industrial scrip to pay miners and facilitate commerce within the colliery zone — not a national currency by any definition, but functionally indistinguishable from one in daily use.
Romagnoli's engraving work here is notably fine for what is essentially an industrial paymaster's instrument.