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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Lons-le-Saunier 39
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Lons-le-Saunier |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LONS-LE-SAUNIER CINQUANTE CENTIMES Le Président Le Trésorier Série 1089 005,829 |
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| Reverse lettering | CE BILLET GARANTI PAR DÉPÔT D'ÉGALE SOMME A LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DEVRA SOUS PEINE DE PRESCRIPTION ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉ AU REMBOURSEMENT AVANT LE 1er DÉCEMBRE 1920 CINQUANTE CENTIMES PAPETERIE UNIVERSELLE LYON-PARIS |
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Lons-le-Saunier is the prefecture of the Jura department, and this note is a product of the broader emergency currency movement that swept French provincial chambers of commerce after the First World War disrupted the national coin supply. The Banque de France could not keep small-denomination metallic currency in circulation — hoarding and wartime metal demands had gutted it — so chambers of commerce across France were formally authorized to fill the gap with paper.
Papeterie Universelle handled a significant volume of this provincial emergency work out of Lyon. The watermark is the sole security measure, which tells you something about the modest fraud risk these issuers anticipated at the 50-centimes level.