NEW BOOK: BILLETS EN GUERRE 1938-1948
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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 viaNews & Notes from the Society of Paper Money Collectors (Volume VI, Number 33, February 2, 2021).-Editor
"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Unpublished documents from the collections of the Banque de France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 andreserve prepared by the Banque de France, banknotes of the free French to reconquer the territory, American banknotes from the Normandy landings then the Liberation ...
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 andproclamation of political sovereignty. Enriched with documents from the United States and England, this book provides a information and images essential to understanding military issues andmonetary policy of the last great world conflict.
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 CamusBillets en guerre1938-1948(https://www.autrement.com/billets-en-guerre/9782746755888)