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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de la Roche-sur-Yon et 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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| Size | 115 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | RF CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LA ROCHE-s/-YON & DE LA VENDÉE BON DE CINQUANTE CENTIMES Le Président Le Trésorier N° 93739 Série B RF IMP. MODERNE, NANTES |
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| Reverse lettering | Les Bons émis par la Chambre de Commerce de la Roche-s/-Yon et de la Vendée, seront échangés à présentation, par dix ou multiples de dix contre des Billets de la Banque de France. Leur remboursement est garanti par un dépôt d'égale valeur à la Banque de France au nom de la Chambre de Commerce de la Roche s/-Yon et de la Vendée. 1915 |
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During the First World War, the withdrawal of metallic coinage from circulation created an acute shortage of small-denomination money across provincial France. Chambers of commerce were authorized by the French government to fill the gap by issuing their own emergency fractional notes — a stopgap that ultimately produced hundreds of distinct local issues. The Vendée chamber's series, printed in Nantes by Beuchet & Vanden Brugge, covered the department's commercial needs from 1915 onward.
The JP#65 reference groups four distinct varieties under this type, differentiated by date and text variants. The watermark is the sole security feature — modest by any measure, but consistent with wartime production constraints.