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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 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress note with an elaborate guilloche border framing the central field. The heading CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU DÉPARTEMENT DU PUY-DE-DÔME appears at the top, with the series number and bond number positioned in the upper left and upper right respectively. A central text block states the conditions of issue and redemption in billets de la Banque de France, beneath which the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES is printed in large bold letters. Decorative rosette vignettes appear in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Red letterpress reverse with a matching guilloche border and four corner rosette vignettes. The large numeral 50 CENTIMES is printed centrally in bold type, surrounded by the facsimile signatures of the four presidents of the Chambers of Commerce of Ambert, Riom, Clermont-Ferrand, and Thiers, each identified by their respective title legend positioned around the central denomination. |
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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.