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25 Centimes - Région Economique du Centre
| Issuer | Région Economique du Centre |
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| Year | 1924 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#40-1/2/3/4 |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉGION ÉCONOMIQUE DU CENTRE Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Ambert, Riom, Thiers, Tulle, Brioude, Aurillac, Moulins-Lapalisse, Montluçon-Gannat. 25 CENTIMES SÉRIE 208 010,708 IMP. B. ARNAUD, LYON-PARIS. |
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| Reverse lettering | VINGT-CINQ Centimes Ce billet échangeable contre des billets de la Banque de France devra être présenté au remboursement avant le 1er août 1924 sauf décision prorogeant ce délai. Le Trésorier, Le Président, |
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French regional emergency chambers issued small-denomination paper money extensively after World War One, filling a gap left by the near-total disappearance of bronze and nickel coinage from circulation — hoarding, melting, and wartime requisition had stripped the country of its small change. The Région Economique du Centre was one of several regional economic groupings authorized in the early 1920s to continue this practice well past the armistice, as the coinage shortage proved slower to resolve than the war itself.
B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne — a printer with a long run in commercial and official work — handled the physical production. The JP#40 series covers at least four catalogue variants, likely reflecting different issue dates or authorization stamps rather than substantive redesigns.