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50 Centimes - Chambres de Commerce de Granville et Cherbourg 50
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce de Granville et Cherbourg |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Centimes (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and ochre letterpress note with a fine guilloche underprint carrying the repeated text GRANVILLE and CHERBOURG across the field. The title banner CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE DE GRANVILLE ET CHERBOURG arches across the top, flanked by the years 1920 and 1925 in ornamental cartouches. The denomination 50 CENTIMES appears in bold white letters on a dark central panel, with the municipal arms of Granville (anchor) at left and Cherbourg (three stars) at right, above the exchangeability clause and two manuscript presidential signatures. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the reverse centres on a large oval vignette of Mont-Saint-Michel rising from the tidal flats, enclosed within an elaborate acanthus-scroll frame. The denomination 0.50 appears in bold white numerals on dark panels to the left and right of the central vignette, set against a fine stippled guilloche ground. The redemption notice is printed in three lines of spaced capitals along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | CE BILLET DEVRA ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉ AU REMBOURSEMENT A LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DE GRANVILLE OU DE CHERBOURG AVANT LE 6 FÉVRIER 1925. |
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