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50 centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Libourne [33]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Libourne |
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| Year | 1915-1917 |
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| Printer | Wetterwald Frères, Bordeaux, France |
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| Reverse lettering | 50c. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LIBOURNE IMP. WETTERWALD FRÈRES BORDEAUX |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination paper in 1914 precisely because the hoarding of coins at the outbreak of war had caused a near-total collapse of small-change circulation. The Libourne chamber was one of dozens across the Gironde and broader southwest that turned to local printers rather than the grandes maisons parisiennes — Wetterwald Frères being the obvious Bordeaux choice for the region.
JP#72.1 is the first in Libourne's wartime series. The watermark is a modest but deliberate security measure for what was essentially municipal scrip, intended to deter local copying rather than sophisticated forgery.