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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce d'Aubenas [07]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Aubenas |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse lettering | PRIVAS 0f50 | 0f50 LARGENTIÈRE | VALS ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Aubenas chamber issued this note under the emergency currency provisions that French chambers of commerce had relied on since the First World War — provisions that were repeatedly extended through the early 1920s as the Banque de France struggled to supply small-denomination coinage. Aubenas, a modest market town in the Ardèche, was among the smaller chambers authorized to issue; its notes circulated within a tightly bounded local economy heavily dependent on silk and chestnut trade.
Léo Leyvastre designed for several southern French chambers during this period. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne handled the printing — a regional firm that took on significant chamber work throughout the Rhône-Alpes area when Parisian printers were overextended.