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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Fécamp 76
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Fécamp |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | PREMIÈRE EMISSION Délibération de la Chambre de Commerce en date du 6 Août 1920. Autorisée par Décision Ministérielle du 31 Août 1920 1920 - 1923 Remboursable au plus tard le 31 Décembre 1923 contre Billets de la Banque de France. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Fécamp's Chamber of Commerce issued this note as part of the wave of emergency small-denomination paper that swept France after World War I, when the hoarding of metal coinage created a near-total absence of fractional currency in everyday commerce. Chambers of Commerce across the country were formally authorized from 1916 onward to fill that gap, and Fécamp — a significant Norman fishing port — was among dozens of provincial issuers that stepped in. The notes were practical stopgaps, not banking instruments, and circulated hard in local shops and markets.
Les Papeteries de Normandie, operating under the Mouville-Ozanne imprint in Caen, handled the print run — a regional firm rather than one of the grandes maisons typically associated with French fiduciary printing.