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5 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon - Gannat 03
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon - Gannat |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse lettering | REMBOURSABLE À VOLONTÉ À LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE SIX MOIS APRÈS LA GUERRE |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper; circular violet control stamp applied to the reverse bearing the inscription of the Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon-Gannat. |
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Emergency small-change notes from French Chambers of Commerce proliferated after 1914 when metal coinage disappeared from circulation almost overnight — hoarded by the public and swallowed by wartime industry. The Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon-Gannat was among dozens of regional bodies authorized to fill that gap with locally printed paper fractionals. Herbin & Bouché, a Montluçon printer, produced this note without traveling far: issuer and printer shared the same town.
At 52 × 30 mm, this is among the smallest paper money France produced in any period. The control stamp was applied after printing as a basic anti-counterfeiting measure — practical rather than sophisticated, given the denomination involved.