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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 | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark red and black on a pale green guilloche underprint, with a decorative border of repeated arch motifs and the denomination numeral '50' at each corner. The issuer's name 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LONS-LE-SAUNIER' is set in bold letterpress at the top, above the large denomination legend 'CINQUANTE CENTIMES' in ornate black type. Below, the positions of Le Président and Le Trésorier are indicated with spaces for their respective manuscript signatures, flanked by the series number and note number at the lower left and right. |
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Lons-le-Saunier, the administrative capital of the Jura department, was among the hundreds of French chambres de commerce that filled the small-denomination void left by wartime coin hoarding — a problem that officially ended with the Armistice but whose practical effects dragged well into the early 1920s. These locally issued nécessité notes were produced under authorization from the French state but entirely financed and administered by the issuing chamber, meaning the printer, the design, and the redemption guarantee were all local responsibilities.
Lithographie E. Rousseau in Dôle handled the presswork — a regional commercial printer, not one of the major security printing houses, which is evident in the modest production quality typical of Jura-area emergency issues. The JP#74-11/12 reference covers two catalogue variants within the same type.