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25 Centimes
| Issuer | Stad Dendermonde (City of Dendermonde) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | 1918 STAD DENDERMONDE KASBON WAARDE 25 c. De Burgemeester, De Secretaris, |
| Reverse description | The reverse, likewise printed in purple on cream paper, carries a line-engraved architectural vignette with a stepped-gable building and belfry tower to the left, a Gothic church with tall spire to the right, and a large tree filling the middle ground. A prominent central circle with guilloche-style ring frames the denomination numeral 25 c., below which a cartouche bears the redemption legend. The issuer's name runs along a decorative scroll panel at top centre. |
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Dendermonde was occupied and partially burned by German forces in August 1914 — one of the more brutal early reprisals of the war, which destroyed a significant portion of the town center. By 1918, with Belgian franc coinage hoarded or requisitioned, municipalities across the occupied country were issuing their own small-denomination paper to keep local commerce moving. This note is one of those emergency pieces, printed locally by Du Cauu-Beeckman rather than any national authority.
Local production under occupation meant limited press quality and short survival rates. The Kamyn engraving credit is notably specific for a municipal emergency issue of this kind.