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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux [36]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Châteauroux |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Rectangular note printed in dark green on a deep red guilloche underprint. The denomination 50 Centimes is inscribed in a decorative panel at the top, while the numeral 0F.50 appears in large bold type at left and right within symmetrical foliate cartouches. A central oval text panel, bordered by scrollwork, carries the legal guarantee and validity clause in letterpress, stating that the equivalent value is deposited at the Treasury and that the note is redeemable at the public cash offices of the Indre department until 26 December 1924. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes after the wartime coin shortage of 1914–1918 stripped everyday commerce of its fractional currency. Châteauroux's chamber was among dozens that commissioned local printers rather than the grandes maisons in Paris — Imprimerie Badel was a regional press, and the note reflects that: printed and issued within the same town, a genuinely localized instrument of necessity rather than a product of centralized monetary administration.
By 1919 the worst shortages had passed, and many chamber issues of this date circulated only briefly before being recalled as official coinage returned to availability. JP#46.20 places this within a larger Indre series.