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5 Centimes - Chamber of Commerce of Philippeville
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 5 Centimes (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Orange-tinted note printed in dark brown on orange paper, with a rectangular guilloche border enclosing the central design. Two allegorical female figures in classical dress are seated at left and right, flanking the large bold denomination numeral '0.05' below the legend 'BON POUR' in uppercase letterpress. The issuer's name 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PHILIPPEVILLE' is inscribed in a cartouche at the top. |
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| Reverse description | Orange-tinted reverse printed in dark brown, with a decorative guilloche border matching the obverse. The circular stamp of the Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville (Algérie) appears at left, and a heraldic vignette is at right. The deliberation date 'EN DATE DU 7 OCTOBRE 1915' is inscribed at the top beneath the header text, followed by printed role titles 'LE PRÉSIDENT' and 'LE SECRÉTAIRE TRÉSORIER' above two manuscript signatures. The redeemability clause 'ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE LES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE D'ALGÉRIE' is printed in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'IMP. MOULLOT MARSEILLE' at the bottom right. |
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Philippeville — now Skikda, Algeria — was an Algerian port city under French administration, and its Chamber of Commerce resorted to emergency small-denomination paper in 1915 because the wartime metal shortage had stripped everyday coinage from circulation almost entirely. This was a widespread phenomenon across French-administered territories; dozens of chambres de commerce issued their own necessity notes during the early war years, filling a gap the Banque de l'Algérie showed no urgency to address.
Moullot fils aîné was a well-established Marseille commercial printer with a long record of producing Algerian ephemera, which made them a practical choice for rushed wartime work. The watermark is the only security concession — modest, but enough to deter casual copying in a local market.