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5 Centimes - Renaix / Ronse
| Issuer | Comité d'Assistance de la Ville de Renaix / Steunkomiteit van de Stad Ronse |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Stad Ronse - STEUNKOMITEIT BON van Centimen 5 Uitbetaalbaar in munt geldig in Belgïe de 1sten en de 3den maandag van iedere maand, aan het winket van het Komiteit. Drij maanden na de Vreedetekening met Belgie zaal deze bon zonder Waarde zijn. Druk. Leherte. Ronse. |
| Reverse description | Letterpress-printed text in black within a triple-ruled rectangular frame, entirely in French. The issuing authority 'VILLE DE RENAIX / COMITÉ D'ASSISTANCE' appears at the top in bold capitals. The redemption conditions are set in a multi-line paragraph, below which the printed titles of the Treasurer and President are followed by their facsimile signatures. A circular committee control stamp in dark blue ink is applied to the centre of the note. |
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Ronse — known by both its French name Renaix and its Flemish name interchangeably depending on which authority was writing — issued this emergency note through its local assistance committee during the German occupation of World War I. These municipal necessities arose because the occupying forces rapidly drained Belgium of coin, leaving smaller towns unable to conduct everyday commerce. Leherte's press was local to Ronse itself, which is unusual enough to note — many comparable communes had to source printing from larger regional centers.
The dual-language naming on the issuing authority reflects the town's position on the Flemish-Walloon linguistic boundary.