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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux 33
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#30-4/5 |
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| Obverse lettering | Série D 003,782 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE 50 CENTIMES DE BORDEAUX Le Trésorier MEMBRE DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE Le Président DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE Émission, en 1914, de bons remboursables à toute époque, en billets de la Banque de France à la succursale de Bordeaux. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is richly engraved in brown, with a central octagonal vignette enclosing a view of the Bordeaux port exchange building, encircled by the Latin motto 'QUO NON HAC DUCE' and flanked by abundant sprays of wheat, hops, and vine leaves. A seated allegorical female figure occupies the lower centre, flanked on the left by a panoramic harbour scene with sailing vessels and wine barrels, and on the right by a view of a Bordeaux boulevard with a crowd; the arms of Bordeaux, borne on caduceus-flanked cartouches, appear at each lateral margin. The denomination '50 cents.' is repeated in bold type to either side of the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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