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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans [71]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| In circulation to | 28 June 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CHALON-S-SAÔNE, AUTUN & LOUHANS DÉLIBÉRATION DU 27 JUIN 1916 50 Centimes Le Trésorier Le Président Série 213 IMP. B. ARNAUD LYON - PARIS |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of 1916 were a direct response to the acute small-change shortage that swept France once wartime hoarding stripped silver from circulation almost entirely. This chamber covered three distinct commercial centers — Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun, and Louhans — an unusually wide geographic remit for a single issuing authority, reflecting the administrative consolidation forced on the region by wartime staffing constraints.
B. Arnaud's Lyon workshop handled a significant volume of these regional nécessité notes during the war years, and the watermarked paper was one of the few anti-counterfeiting provisions available at a moment when sophisticated security printing was simply not a priority.