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50 Centimes - Chamber of Commerce of Annecy
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Annecy |
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| Year | 1916-1920 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse lettering | 0f.50 CE BILLET ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DEVRA ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉ AU REM-BOURSEMENT AVANT LE 27 AVRIL 1921 0f.50 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
French Chambers of Commerce were authorized to issue emergency fractional currency during World War One to address the acute shortage of small coins — metal having been absorbed by the war effort. Annecy's chamber issued under that same authorization, with Arnaud of Villeurbanne handling the printing work for numerous provincial issuers across the region during this period.
The JP# reference places this within Jérôme Picard's catalog of French nécessité notes, the standard reference for the type.