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1 Franc Brown
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PHILIPPEVILLE UN FRANC Le Président Le Secrétaire Trésorier IMP J. CARBONEL ALGER |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PHILIPPEVILLE Délibération du 29 Décembre 1917 Décision Gouvernementale du 22 Mars 1918 UN FRANC ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE L'ALGÉRIE |
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Philippeville's Chamber of Commerce — like dozens of similar bodies across French Algeria — resorted to issuing emergency paper fractional currency during the First World War when small-denomination coins effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted. These chambre de commerce notes were a France-wide phenomenon after 1914, but the Algerian series were printed locally rather than sourced from metropolitan France, which gives them a distinct regional character. Carbonel's Algiers press handled a substantial share of this work across multiple communes.
The issuing authority had no banking powers; these circulated purely on local trust and municipal necessity.