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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de La Rochelle |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LA ROCHELLE CINQUANTE CENTIMES SÉRIE G 64382 DÉCEMBRE 1915 L. ANDRÉ INV. IMP. PARÉ ANGERS |
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| Reverse lettering | ÉMISSION OCTOBRE 1915 Les bons émis, garantis par dépôt d'égale somme à la Banque de France sont toujours échangeables, par vingt francs ou multiples de vingt francs, aux guichets de la succursale de La Rochelle. Ils devront, sous peine de prescription, y être présentés au remboursement avant le 31 Décembre 1920. 50c 50c CC CC |
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La Rochelle's Chamber of Commerce resorted to issuing its own paper fractional currency in 1915 because the outbreak of war had caused a near-total hoarding of metal coinage across France — small change simply vanished from circulation within months of mobilization. Chambers of commerce across the country were authorized to fill the gap, producing thousands of local emergency issues that varied wildly in quality and design ambition.
Gaston Paré et Philippeau in Angers produced a surprisingly competent note for a provincial emergency instrument, incorporating a watermark — a security measure many comparable issues skipped entirely. L. André's designer credit appears in the printing, though how much creative latitude such a commission allowed is another matter.