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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne 64
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BAYONNE DÉLIBÉRATION DU 22 MAI 1916 50 CENTIMES Le Trésorier Le Président Échangeable contre des billets de la Banque de France Série TTT 001.610 |
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| Reverse lettering | DÉPARTEMENT DES BASSES-PYRÉNÉES NUNQUAM POLLUTA URBIS PALLADIUM ET GENTIS Ce billet devra être présenté au remboursement avant le 1er juin 1921 |
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French chambres de commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during World War One specifically to address the acute shortage of coin — silver and bronze had been hoarded or melted almost immediately after mobilization in August 1914. Bayonne's chamber, serving a mid-sized commercial port in the Basque Pays, was among dozens of regional bodies that stepped in to fill that gap from 1915 onward.
The JP#21-24 through 28 grouping covers multiple emission variants across the series — date differences, signatory changes, or minor typographic variations account for the five distinct picks under a single design family.