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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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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Without watermark |
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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.