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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur Mer [62] avec valeur en violet dans les coins inférieurs, 14/8/1914-7/7/1916
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note with a central vignette of a seated allegorical figure surmounted by an eye-in-triangle motif, flanked by the issuer's name in large capitals across the top. The body of the note carries two blocks of printed text authorizing the issue and warning against counterfeiting, with the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES in bold at center. The denomination value '0,50' is printed in large violet numerals in both lower corners, with serial number and series letter at center bottom above the signature lines for Le Trésorier and Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER Délibération de la Chambre du 14 Août 1914 et du 7 Juillet 1916 CINQUANTE CENTIMES Le Trésorier Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce 0,50 998535 C1 |
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Boulogne-sur-Mer sits on the Pas-de-Calais coast, and by August 1914 the disruption to normal banking was near-immediate — the French mobilization froze credit and drained small-denomination coins from circulation within days of the declaration of war. Chambres de commerce across France filled the gap with their own emergency fractional notes, legally authorized under a wartime decree, and Boulogne was among the earliest to act.
The violet corner values on this type distinguish it from earlier printings in the JP#31 series — a straightforward overprint modification, but useful for dating examples to this specific window of issue running through mid-1916.