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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 lettering | CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU DÉPARTEMENT DU PUY-DE-DOME SÉRIE B 102 BONS ÉMIS SOUS LA RESPONSABILITÉ ET AVEC LA GARANTIE SOLIDAIRE DES QUATRE CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU PUY-DE-DÔME ET REMBOURSABLES EN BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE JUSQU'AU 1ER JANVIER 1920 CINQUANTE CENTIMES IMP. B. ARNAUD - LYON - PARIS |
| Reverse description | Cream paper with a full-field guilloche underprint of repeated text, enclosed by a decorative red letterpress border of interlaced floral and geometric ornaments with rosette corner pieces. The large numeral 50 and the word CENTIMES are printed in orange in the centre of the field. Four manuscript facsimile signatures of the presidents of the Chambers of Commerce of Ambert, Riom, Clermont-Ferrand, and Thiers are placed in the four quadrants, each preceded by the corresponding printed title. |
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The Chambre de Commerce du Puy-de-Dôme was among dozens of French regional chambers forced into emergency note issue during World War One after the Banque de France's small-denomination coinage disappeared almost overnight — hoarded by a public that had stopped trusting the monetary system within weeks of the August 1914 mobilization. These chambres de commerce notes, collectively known as "monnaie de nécessité," filled a vacuum the central bank couldn't address fast enough at the local level.
The multiple JP references across this single entry reflect successive authorization dates and minor typographic variants rather than distinct design changes — a cataloguing headache common to the entire Arnaud-printed Puy-de-Dôme series.