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25 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce d'Angers
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Angers |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#8- 04/05/08/11 |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANGERS ET DE M-&-L 25 Centimes Le Trésorier Le Président VILLE D'ANGERS FR 1915 SERIE H.2 54210 JUILLET 1915 L. ANDRÉ . INV. IMP G PARÉ . ANGERS |
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| Reverse lettering | VILLE D'ANGERS Les bons émis, garantis par un dépôt d'égale valeur, sont échangeables par dix ou multiple de dix contre des billets de la Banque de France aux guichets de la succursale d'Angers. Ils devront être présentés au remboursement avant le 31 Décembre 1920 sauf décision prorogeant ce délai. ÉMISSION NOVEMBRE 1917 RF RF |
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French chambers of commerce became de facto currency issuers during the First World War when the hoarding of coins — driven by wartime uncertainty and metal requisitions — created an acute small-change shortage across the country. The Angers chamber began issuing these emergency fractional notes in 1917 under authorization from the French government, which granted chambers temporary issuing rights rather than allow local commerce to collapse into barter.
Gaston Paré et Philippeau was a local Angers printing house, not a specialist security printer — which shows in the relatively modest anti-counterfeiting measures typical of the series. The JP reference covers multiple variants across the issue, distinguished by signature combinations and serial number blocks.