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10 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce du Gers [32]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce du Gers |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DU GERS BON DE 10 CENTIMES SÉRIE A |
| Reverse description | Blue on pale lilac underprint. Five municipal coats of arms are arranged around the central denomination value '10c', each identified by the name of its respective town: AUCH at the top centre, LOMBEZ at upper left, LECTOURE at upper right, MIRANDE at lower left, and CONDOM at lower right. A text panel along the lower border states the redemption conditions at the Chambre de Commerce seat in Auch, with a validity limit of 31 December 1925. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of the First World War period arose from a genuine coin shortage that hit France hard by 1915 — small bronze and nickel denominations vanished from circulation almost immediately as metal was diverted to the war effort. The Gers chamber, based in Auch, was among dozens of regional bodies authorized to fill the gap with locally issued paper nécessité.
JP#15-39/42 covers four catalogue varieties within this 10 centimes type, distinguished by serial letter and color variants — a detail that trips up collectors who acquire one and assume they have the series covered.