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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Dijon 21
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Dijon |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Watermarked paper used as substrate for the note. |
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The Dijon Chamber of Commerce began issuing these small-denomination notes in 1915 as the war drained metallic coinage from everyday commerce across France. The Banque de France had suspended specie payments, and small change simply vanished — hoarded, melted, or redirected to military use. Chambers of commerce across the country stepped in under a 1914 emergency authorization, effectively deputized as local monetary authorities for the duration.
Gérin's Dijon press produced the watermarked stock locally, which was unusual — many provincial chambers outsourced to larger Parisian printers. The JP#53 series ran across at least three catalogue variants within this denomination alone.