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25 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de La Roche s/ Yon and de la Vendée 85
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de La Roche-sur-Yon et de la Vendée |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie Moderne De Nantes (Beuchet & Vanden Brugge), France |
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| Obverse lettering | 0,25 f 0,25 f CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LA ROCHE S/-YON & DE LA VENDÉE Bon de VINGT-CINQ Centimes Le Président Le Trésorier N° 63426 Série A FR IMP. MODERNE, NANTES |
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| Reverse lettering | Les Bons de 0f25 émis par la Chambre de Commerce de la Roche-s/-Yon et de la Vendée, seront échangés à présentation, pour vingt ou multiples de vingt contre des Billets de la Banque de France. Leur remboursement est garanti par un dépôt d'égale valeur à la Banque de France au nom de la Chambre de Commerce de la Roche s/-Yon et de la Vendée. 1916 |
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French chambers of commerce became de facto emergency issuers during the First World War when the hoarding of coins — particularly bronze and nickel — created acute small-change shortages across the country. The Vendée chamber's 1916 fractional notes were a direct response to that breakdown in everyday commerce, not an institutional ambition. Imprimerie Moderne de Nantes handled much of the regional emergency printing for the Loire-Atlantique and surrounding departments, which accounts for the consistent production quality across several JP-catalogued chamber issues of this period.