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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Marseille 13
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Marseille |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-grey on a salmon-pink guilloche underprint, with the issuer title CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE MARSEILLE at the top. The central oval panel carries a formal extract of the Chamber's deliberation dated 5 June 1917, set in letterpress text explaining the replacement issue and conditions of redemption in Banque de France notes or coin. Caduceus vignettes flank the oval at left and right, and two circular '50 Cs' denomination tablets appear at the lower corners. The city arms appear at bottom centre, with the designer's and printer's credits at lower left and lower right respectively. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French Chambers of Commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 after wartime hoarding stripped the country of its coinage almost overnight. Marseille's chamber was among the most prolific issuers, and Moullot fils aîné — a well-established local printing house — handled the bulk of their production throughout the war years.
The JP#79 reference covers three signature varieties across this type, which accounts for the 67/68/69 split in the catalog number.