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5 Centimes
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress on cream paper within an ornate rectangular border adorned with crescent moon motifs at the upper corners. The circular seal of the Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville (Algérie) is at left, and the municipal coat of arms with the motto "FORCE NOUS FAIT PATRIE" on a ribbon is at right, with two handwritten signatures between them below the title lines. The lower portion carries the redeemability clause and a series letter with printed serial number. |
| Reverse lettering | Délibération du 15 Novembre 1919 LE PRÉSIDENT LE SECRÉTAIRE TRÉSORIER ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE D'ALGÉRIE SÉRIE B N° |
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Chambre de Commerce emergency notes from the Algerian interior are among the most locally specific paper money ever issued under French administration — Philippeville's series being particularly minor in circulation footprint, serving a port town of modest commercial weight. Jules Carbonel's Algiers press handled emergency fractional issues for several Algerian chambres de commerce during and immediately after the First World War, when metropolitan France couldn't reliably supply small change to its North African territories.
The 1919 date places this in the tail end of that shortage crisis, just as postwar normalization was beginning to render such issues redundant.