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50 Centimes - Chambre de commerce d'Angoulême [16]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Angoulême |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#9-13/14/15 |
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| Obverse lettering | 3me Série | 3me Série FORTITUDO MEA CIVIUM FIDES CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANGOULÊME 50 CENTIMES LE TRÉSORIER | LE PRÉSIDENT ÉMISSION DU 15 JANVIER 1915 02320 0,50 | 0,50 IMP. KELLER FRÈRES, ANGOULÊME |
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| Reverse lettering | 0,50 | 0,50 Ce Bon garanti par dépôt d'égale somme à la Banque de France est toujours échangeable aux guichets de sa succursale d'Angoulême et devra sous peine de prescription y être présenté au remboursement dans le délai de cinq ans à dater de ce jour. 3me Série | 3me Série |
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Angoulême's chamber of commerce began issuing small-denomination emergency notes in 1915 as the war drained the country of metallic coinage — a problem severe enough that hundreds of French chambers of commerce were granted the same stopgap authority that year. The Keller Frères printing house was a local firm, which kept production entirely within the Charente department rather than routing through Paris.
The JP#9-13/14/15 reference covers three catalogue varieties within this denomination, distinguished primarily by minor typographic and watermark differences. Worth examining closely before cataloguing individually.