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50 Centimes - Chambre de commerce du Puy de Dôme [63]
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce du Département du Puy-de-Dôme |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | B. Arnaud, Villeurbanne, France (1898-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU DÉPARTEMENT DU PUY-DE-DÔME SÉRIE N 114 21,764 BONS ÉMIS SOUS LA RESPONSABILITÉ ET AVEC LA GARANTIE SOLIDAIRES DES QUATRE CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DU PUY-DE-DÔME ET REMBOURSABLES EN BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE JUSQU'AU 1ER JANVIER 1925 CINQUANTE CENTIMES IMP B.ARNAUD _ LYON_PARIS |
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| Reverse lettering | Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce d'Ambert Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Riom 50 CENTIMES Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Clermont-Ferrand Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Thiers |
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French chambers of commerce began issuing their own emergency paper money in 1914 when the war drained metallic currency from circulation almost immediately. The Puy-de-Dôme chamber was among dozens that eventually turned to regional printers rather than the Banque de France, which had neither the capacity nor the inclination to supply small-denomination notes to every provincial issuer. Arnaud in Villeurbanne handled a substantial share of this provincial work throughout the war years.
JP#103.18 and JP#103.19 denote two distinct issuing dates within the same design series — a distinction that matters to specialists tracking the chamber's emission chronology but is easy to conflate in general holdings.