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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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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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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. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Cents. 50 Cents. QUO NON HAC DUCE XXIV VIRI BURDIGALENSIS COMMERCIS REGENDI |
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French chambres de commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in August 1914 specifically because the mobilization for war had triggered an immediate hoarding crisis — silver and bronze coins vanished from circulation within days. Bordeaux's chamber was among the first provincial bodies to act, and these 50 centimes notes filled the void left at the bottom of the currency ladder where metallic coin had been entirely absorbed.
The JP#30-4/5 reference covers two closely related varieties distinguished by minor typographic differences in the text block — a distinction that catches out collectors who assume the series is uniform.