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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de La Roche s/ Yon and de la Vendée 85
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de La Roche-sur-Yon et de la Vendée |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie Moderne De Nantes (Beuchet & Vanden Brugge), France |
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| Obverse description | Printed in ochre and brown tones, the obverse is framed by a braided border with a classical architectural surround. At upper centre, a cartouche bearing the chamber's coat of arms is flanked by laurel and oak branches, with a female allegorical figure at its apex; the monogram 'RF' appears in the upper corners. Two rural vignettes occupy the lateral panels: at left, a sower casting grain at dawn; at right, a peasant woman tending a flock of sheep. The central field carries a repeated guilloche underprint bearing the issuer's name, over which the denomination 'BON DE CINQUANTE CENTIMES' is printed in large letterpress type, with spaces for the President's and Treasurer's manuscript signatures, serial number, and series letter below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on plain paper with a braided rectangular border enclosing an inner dotted frame. The entire field is occupied by a legal guarantee text rendered in an elegant copperplate script, stating that the bons are exchangeable in multiples of ten against Banque de France notes and that their redemption is guaranteed by a deposit of equal value held at the Banque de France in the name of the issuing chamber. The year '1915' appears at the bottom centre within a small foliate ornament flanked by laurel sprigs. |
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French chambers of commerce began issuing emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 because the outbreak of war triggered an immediate hoarding crisis — silver and bronze coins vanished from circulation almost overnight, and the Banque de France had neither the infrastructure nor the mandate to plug the gap at that level. La Roche-sur-Yon's chamber was among dozens that stepped in under emergency authorization, producing locally printed paper to keep retail trade moving in the Vendée.
The Imprimerie Moderne de Nantes handled a considerable volume of these regional emergency issues, and the JP#65 series spans at least three catalogue references, suggesting multiple print runs or date variants across the 1915–1916 period.