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10 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux [36]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux |
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| Year | 1914-1925 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 CENTIMES CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CHATEAUROUX Le Trésorier Le Président LITH BADEL |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 B = 86198 REMBOURSABLE A LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DÉLAI DE PRESCRIPTION SIX MOIS APRÈS LA GUERRE |
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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.