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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Bergerac 24
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bergerac |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on an uncoloured ground, the reverse is framed by an ornate scrollwork and foliate border. A central text panel carries the redemption clause in capital letters. At the base, the crowned arms of Bergerac are flanked by laurel and oak branches, with the Latin legend SIGILLUM CONSULATUS BRAGERIACI · 1322 · UNIVERSITATIS VILLÆ on encircling ribbons. Denomination roundels reading 50 Cᵉˢ appear at left and right within guilloche circles. |
| Reverse lettering | LA CONTREVALEUR DE CE BILLET, MIS EN CIRCULATION PAR LA SUCCURSALE DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DE BERGERAC, A ÉTÉ VERSÉE, PAR SES SOINS, AU TRÉSOR PUBLIC, QUI EST CHARGÉ DE SON REMBOURSEMENT DANS UN DÉLAI DE CINQ ANS, À DATER DE CE JOUR, SOUS PEINE DE PRESCRIPTION. (Circulaire de Monsieur le Ministre du Commerce du 9 Décembre 1916.) SIGILLUM CONSULATUS BRAGERIACI · 1322 · UNIVERSITATIS VILLÆ 50 Cᵉˢ |
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During the First World War, France's chronic small-change shortage forced hundreds of local chambers of commerce to issue their own emergency fractional notes — a stopgap the Banque de France tolerated rather than endorsed. Bergerac's chamber was among dozens in the Dordogne region to do so, with Ronteix of Périgueux handling production for several nearby issuers simultaneously, which accounts for the family resemblance across multiple Dordogne département issues of this period.
The JP# reference covers three distinct varieties under 24-24/25/26, differentiated by serial number placement and minor typographic shifts — worth distinguishing before cataloging.