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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce des Deux-Sèvres 79
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce des Deux-Sèvres |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note framed by a decorative guilloche border with the letter 'R' at each corner. At top centre, the arms of the Deux-Sèvres department are set within a wreath of oak and laurel branches. The issuer's name and denomination 'CINQUANTE CENTIMES' are printed in large capital letters across the upper field, with a large red '0.50' underprint at centre. Two allegorical vignettes flank the signature panel: at left, a sower figure striding at sunrise, and at right, a male agricultural worker harvesting grain, with a town silhouette in the background. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on plain paper within a simple ruled rectangular border. A crowned heraldic shield bearing the arms of Parthenay is displayed at top centre, flanked by oak and olive branches. Two cartouches at lower left and lower right carry the arms of Bressuire and Melle respectively, with a large red '0.50' underprint overlying the central text block, which sets out the legal guarantee and redemption conditions of the note. |
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| Protection description | Repeated text watermark reading 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DES DEUX-SEVRES' across the entire note surface. |
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