Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux [36]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914-1925 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | JP#46.32 |
| Obverse description | Printed in brown on blue paper, the obverse is divided into three registers: the denomination numeral '10' appears in large characters within rectangular panels at each lateral extremity, while the central upper register carries the legend 'CENTIMES' in bold letterpress. A central oval cartouche bears the issuer's name 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CHATEAUROUX' in large display type, flanked below by the facsimile signatures of the Treasurer and the President, with the municipal coat of arms of Châteauroux — a fortified castle surmounted by a mural crown — positioned centrally between them. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | 10 CENTIMES CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CHATEAUROUX Le Trésorier Le Président LITH BADEL |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes issued across France during and after the First World War filled a genuine gap — the hoarding of metal coinage began almost immediately after mobilization in August 1914, and the Banque de France had neither the capacity nor the mandate to cover small-denomination shortfalls at the local level. Châteauroux, the prefecture of Indre, had its own solution: notes printed locally by Badel, a regional press, giving this series an unusually provincial character compared to the many French emergency issues farmed out to Parisian or specialist security printers.
The JP#46.32 reference places this within the broader Jérôme Papier catalogue of French nécessité issues — a series that ran well past the Armistice, reflecting how slowly small-change confidence recovered.