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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce et Ville d'Orléans 45
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce et Ville d'Orléans |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Green and red letterpress note with an elaborate scrollwork border framing the central design. Two allegorical winged figures flank the arch at the top corners, supporting a laurel wreath enclosing the year 1917, above the curved issuer legend in red. The denomination appears in large white letters on a bold red rectangular band at centre, with the emission number printed in black above; two manuscript signatures appear in the lower half over a green guilloche underprint reading VILLE D'ORLÉANS, with the date of issue at the foot. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes from 1914 onward, filling a gap created when silver and bronze coins vanished from circulation almost immediately after mobilization. Orléans was among the earlier provincial chambers to act, and Auguste Goût — a local printing house — handled the entire series in-house rather than contracting to a Paris firm, which was the more common arrangement.
The JP#95-16 reference places this within the broader Jérôme Papier classification of French necessity money, a category that runs into the thousands of types and makes precise attribution essential.