50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de la Corrèze [19]

French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-change notes during WWI after the hoarding of metal coinage created a severe transactional crisis across the country — by mid-1915, fractional coins had essentially disappeared from circulation. The Corrèze chamber's issues filled that gap locally, printed by Pierre Dumont in nearby Limoges. The JP#51 series spans several signature varieties, which accounts for the range of sub-references cataloged here.