50 Centimes - Chambres de Commerce de Bordeaux

Issuer Bordeaux, Commune of
Year 1921
Type Local banknote
Value 50 Centimes (0.50)
Currency Franc (1795-1959)
Composition Paper
Size 76 × 56 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Wetterwald Fréres, Bordeaux, France
Designer(s) François-Maurice Roganeau
Engraver(s) François-Maurice Roganeau
In circulation to 31 December 1926
Reference(s) JP#30- 28/29
Obverse description Horn of plenty at right, ending with bust of Mercury wearing winged helmet; stern of ship in central medallion below.
Obverse lettering CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BORDEAUX CINQUANTE CENTIMES le Trésorier. le Président. SÉRIE QUO NON HAC DUCE 1705
(Translation: Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce Fifty Centimes Treasurer. President. Series Is not to Follow 1705)
Reverse description Central medallion bearing a woman`s face covered with bunches of grapes; the edges of the medallion are included in a winged caduceus flanked by a horizontal bar ending in pine cones.
Reverse lettering .C.C.B C.C.B. 50c 50c EMISSION EN 1921 DE BONS REMBOURSABLES A TOUTE ÉPOQUE MAIS AVANT LE 31 Dec 1926. PAR LES CAISSES PUBLIQUES DE LA CIRCONSCRIPTION ET A LA BANQUE DE FRANCE A BORDEAUX LA CONTRE VALEUR DE CES BONS EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR PUBLIC. F.M. ROGANEAU INV ET DEL WETTERWALD FRERES IMP
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description No watermark.
Variants
Numisquare ID 5779321500
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