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The E-Sylum: Volume 24, Number 6, February 7, 2021, Article 7

NEW BOOK: BILLETS EN GUERRE 1938-1948

A press release from the Banque de France announces a new book on emergency money in France during WWII. Here's a Google translation. Found via News & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume VI, Number 33, February 2, 2021). -Editor

Billets en guerre book cover "War Notes" by Jean-Claude Camus
1938-1948

Preface by François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France

Unpublished documents from the collections of the Banque de France

This is a still unseen story from Seconde World War which is told in this book. That battles where banknotes clash of all the belligerents: invasion tickets imposed by the German army, relief tickets and reserve prepared by the Banque de France, banknotes of the free French to reconquer the territory, American banknotes from the Normandy landings then the Liberation ...

Billets en guerre sample pages1

This vast panorama composed of more than 200 images deciphers the strategies of the Banque de France, Roosevelt, Churchill and De Gaulle for the mastery of cash, both the sinews of war and proclamation of political sovereignty. Enriched with documents from the United States and England, this book provides a information and images essential to understanding military issues and monetary policy of the last great world conflict.

Billets en guerre sample pages2

Jean-Claude Camus is responsible for the numismatic collections of the service of Historical heritage and Archives of the Banque de France

To read the complete press release, see:
« Billets en Guerre » de Jean-Claude Camus (https://www.banque-france.fr/sites/default/files/medias/documents/communique_de_presse_bdf_-_parution_billets_en_guerre_.pdf)

For more information, or to order, see:
Jean-Claude Camus Billets en guerre 1938-1948 (https://www.autrement.com/billets-en-guerre/9782746755888)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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