Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Centimes - Chambre de commerce du Puy de Dôme [63]
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce du Département du Puy-de-Dôme |
|---|---|
| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Red letterpress on cream paper with a dense guilloche underprint bearing the repeated legend CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DU DÉPARTEMENT DU PUY-DE-DOME. The heading CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE / DU DÉPARTEMENT DU PUY-DE-DOME is printed in large red capitals at the top, flanked by four circular medallions in the corners bearing heraldic devices. A central ornamental cartouche contains the guarantee text in green, with the series designation and note number printed to either side; the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES appears in bold black letterpress at the foot. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |