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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne 64
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bayonne |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| In circulation to | 1 June 1923 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on cream paper within a fine guilloche border. The issuer's name "CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BAYONNE" is set in large capital letters at the top, below which the authorizing deliberation date appears. Two symmetrical ornamental cartouches at left and right each enclose the value "50c", surmounted by a caduceus-style device with spread wings. The central field carries the large denomination "50 CENTIMES" with signature lines for the Treasurer and President below, and a note at foot stating exchangeability against Banque de France notes, flanked by the series designation and serial number. |
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| Protection description | Without watermark |
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| Comments |
French chambres de commerce were authorized to issue small-denomination emergency notes from 1914 onward as the war drained metallic coinage from circulation. Bayonne's chamber was among the more active provincial issuers, producing notes through the late war years and into the postwar period before the central authorities moved to consolidate and withdraw local paper in the early 1920s.
The JP# dual reference — 21-55 and 21-56 — indicates two distinct varieties under this denomination, most likely differentiated by serial number block, date, or minor typographic variation rather than a design overhaul.