I was given a note yesterday that I can't identify. I'm hoping somebody out there can. It's denominated as "0fr,05." There is both French and German, printed in extremely small type. It has a red border with "O's" in the upper right and lower left hand corner, and "T's" in the upper left and lower right. There is a locomotive top center. The French that I can read (beneath the locomotive) says "Regie Des Chemins De Fer Des Territoires Occupes." Underneath the obverse border it says "Impr. Paul Dupont. Paris." The reverse features a reclining Greco-Roman type male in the lower right, with the value in the upper left. Upper right features printing in French and German. Because of words I can recognize in the French and German, I have a suspicion that this is from the French occupation of the Rhineland after the First World War, but there is no date, and I'm not sure. If I had a scanner I would post a picture, but regretfully, I do not.
KLJ,this is a French occupation note.'Chemins de Fer' is a reference to the railways.The denomination is 5 Centimes.It is listed in Pick pre-1960 after France. Aidan.
Thanks for the lead! I printed this out and I will look it up in my Standard Catalog of Paper Money. This is something I will keep an eye out for at the upcoming CSNS and MSNS conventions. It will fit in well with several series that I am writing about. You can own all the books -- sometimes I think I do -- but until and unless you see the material, you have no idea what is out there.
