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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Dieppe 76
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Dieppe |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE DIEPPE VILLE DE DIEPPE Le Secrétaire Trésorier Le Président 50 CENTIMES IMP. RICHARD, PARIS |
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| Reverse lettering | EMISSION 1920 La BANQUE DE FRANCE est chargée de la mise en circulation et du remboursement des coupures émises ... Elle n'en échangera pas pour une somme inférieure à VINGT FRANCS ... La Chambre de Commerce de Dieppe se réserve de faire fixer par un arrêté le délai de remboursement de ces coupures. 50 CENTIMES |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes from 1914 onward as metal coinage disappeared almost entirely into hoarding and wartime melting. By 1920, the Dieppe chamber was still circulating its own fractional currency — a sign of how slowly the coinage shortage resolved even after the Armistice. These local emissions were never legal tender beyond their issuing district, and redemption was often inconsistent, which left many examples stranded outside circulation rather than returned and cancelled.
Imprimerie Richard produced notes for numerous provincial chambers during this period, working to tight cost constraints. The watermarked paper was the primary security measure — modest by central bank standards, but adequate for low-value instruments few forgers would bother with.