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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce d'Elbeuf 76
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Elbeuf |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper printed entirely in green letterpress, with no vignette or decorative border. The reverse carries two numbered legal clauses in italic script setting out the conditions of redemption, specifying that the bons are redeemable in Banque de France banknotes and detailing the liquidation procedure, the three-month exchange deadline, and a two-year limit on municipal reimbursement after which holders forfeit all rights. |
| Reverse lettering | 1° Ces Bons sont remboursables en Billets de Banque à la Banque de France 2° Le Conseil Municipal, la Chambre de Commerce et le Syndicat de la Fabrique détermineront l'époque de la liqui-dation de l'émission des Bons divisionnaires et de leur rembour-sement définitif. La contre-valeur des Bons divisionnaires non présentés à l'échange dans les trois mois qui suivront la date de l'arrêté de la liquidation sera déposée à la Caisse Municipale. La Caisse Municipale sera tenue au remboursement de ces Bons pendant deux ans à partir de la date de l'émission. Passé ce délai, les porteurs seront déchus de tous leurs droits. |
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Elbeuf, a textile town on the Seine southeast of Rouen, was one of dozens of French provincial chambers of commerce that issued emergency small-denomination notes during the First World War when coin shortages became acute. The central government's copper and nickel were absorbed by the war effort, and local commerce ground against a near-total absence of change. These chambre de commerce issues filled that gap from roughly 1914 onward, with individual towns responsible for their own designs, paper procurement, and redemption guarantees.
JP#55-04 is catalogued among the Elbeuf series but detailed print run data for this specific type remains sparse. The watermark security was typical of the more carefully produced provincial issues — some chambers cut corners badly, others did not.