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| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Annonay |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress on cream paper within a guilloche border with decorative corner ornaments. At the top centre, the municipal coat of arms of Annonay is set within a vignette of laurel and olive branches beneath a ribbon bearing the motto CIVES ET SEMPER CIVES, flanked by the issuer's name CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANNONAY in a curved banner. The large denomination numeral 50 CENTIMES occupies the centre, below which the reimbursement clause, banker's name, and deliberation date of 31 August 1914 are printed in smaller type, with manuscript signatures of the Trésorier and the Président appearing in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress on cream paper within a guilloche border matching the obverse, with diamond-shaped corner ornaments. At the top centre, a pointed diamond cartouche bearing the numeral 50 is set above a horizontal ribbon reading CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANNONAY. The body of the reverse is occupied by two columns listing the names of fifteen chamber members, with Eugène Meyzonnier centred alone at the head of the list. The anti-counterfeiting warning LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR is printed in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANNONAY Eugène Meyzonnier Etienne de Montgolfier Samuel Combier Félix de Montgolfier Philippe Delas Xavier Frachon. Antonin Desseux Emmanuel Nicod Gaston Duclos Auguste Badel René Ribes Léonce Bechetoille Joseph Roche Antoine Cadet Elie Vidon LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR |
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