France Emergency Banknotes
City, private issues of the period 1914-1925
Emissions of the cities of Roubaix and Tourcoing
. St. Martin's Gothic Church; town hall, with an art and industrial museum. R. has grown in the last 40 years (back in 1850 there were only 34 thousand inhabitants) into a large factory center, which contains 4/5 of the total production of fibrous substances in northern France. About 350 factories, including 275 paper, linen, wool and silk weaving establishments. Significant spinning establishments (cotton paper and wool), dyes, leather production, etc. ESBE. Russia, St. Petersburg, 1890-1907<p> Tourcoing (French: Tourcoing, picard. Tourco, Tourtchuin) - a commune in France, the region of Hautes-de-France, the department of Nor, the district of Lille, the cantons of Tourcoing-1 and Tourcoing-2. The third most populous city of the department, located on the border with Belgium, 11 km northeast of Lille. In the center of the city is the Turkuen railway station of the Lille-Mouscron line. Population (2017) - 97,368 people. Wiki<br>
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<p>Bon de monnaie. R. Treizieme serie. 15 Decembre 1917.<p>
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