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50 Centimes - Chambre de Commerce de Troyes
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Troyes |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and black on a white ground, with a decorative border of blue foliate scrollwork enclosing corner cartouches bearing the arms of Troyes. A fine letterpress underprint of repeated text reading CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE TROYES fills the entire field. At centre, a red intaglio vignette portrays a female bust in three-quarter view wearing a plumed hat, flanked by the series and serial number boxes; the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES is set in bold letterpress at the foot, above the validity inscription for the Aube department. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on white paper, with a repeated text underprint of CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE TROYES covering the field. Four circular guilloche medallions bearing the value 50 C. occupy each corner. A central rectangular panel carries the legal guarantee text in letterpress, below which a banner inscription reads 7e EMISSION; the denomination CINQUANTE CENTIMES appears in large bold letters across the lower portion of the field, with a decorative scroll ornament at the foot. |
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The Chambre de Commerce de Troyes issued emergency small-denomination notes during the First World War, when the withdrawal of coin from circulation — driven by hoarding and the metal demands of wartime industry — left provincial commerce effectively unable to make change. These chambres de commerce notes were a nationwide French response: over 550 local authorities produced their own papier-monnaie between roughly 1914 and 1924, each series sanctioned by the Ministry of Finance but designed and printed under local arrangements.
The JP# reference covering multiple suffix numbers indicates this 50 centimes denomination was reissued across several dated tranches, which is typical of Troyes issues where the design plate was retained but emission dates changed.