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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de la Corrèze [19]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de la Corrèze |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LA CORREZE 87455 0.50 50 CENTIMES Le Président Le Trésorier 25 MARS 1915 |
| Reverse description | Brown letterpress on cream paper within a multi-rule rectangular border. Circular '50 CENTIMES' denomination medallions occupy the upper left and upper right corners, embellished with foliate scrollwork. The central field is filled entirely with the redemption text in evenly spaced typography. At the bottom centre, a heraldic vignette shows a crowned municipal coat of arms set within a wreath of oak leaves, with a ribbon motto below; the printer's imprint appears in the lower right margin. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of 1914–1918 arose from a single practical crisis: small-denomination coins vanished from circulation almost immediately after mobilization, hoarded by a public that had no confidence paper money would survive the war. Hundreds of local chambers across France were authorized to fill the gap, each printing their own fractional notes — a situation that produced an enormous variety of locally-flavored paper with wildly inconsistent quality.
Pierre Dumont in Limoges handled several of the regional Corrèze issues. The watermarked paper distinguishes JP#51.4–5 from cheaper, unwatermarked emergency issues printed elsewhere in the region during the same period.