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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Foix 09
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Foix |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Size | 88 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note on a warm buff ground, with a repeating guilloche underprint reading 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE L'ARIEGE' across the entire field. To the left, a circular vignette encloses the municipal coat of arms of Foix flanked by laurel branches, supported by an ornate cartouche base. The denomination '50 Centimes' is printed in large bold numerals at centre, with two manuscript signature lines below for the Treasurer and President, and a circular dry-stamp approval cartouche to the right. A sawtooth-pattern border frames the note on all sides. |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress note on a buff ground, dominated by a dense block of legal text in French setting out the redemption conditions. A large circular stamp of the Chambre de Commerce de Foix to the lower right bears a seated allegorical female figure and the motto 'META · LABORIS · HONOR'. The denomination '50c' appears in the upper left corner within a decorative scroll cartouche, and a mirror-image watermark impression of the issuer's name is visible through the paper at the top. The note is enclosed by a sawtooth guilloche border. |
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| Protection description | Watermark bearing the text 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE FOIX' visible when held to light |
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