1 Franc Brown and green

The Chambres de Commerce in French Algeria issued their own emergency paper money during and after the First World War, stepping in when small-denomination coinage effectively disappeared from circulation. Oran's chamber was among the more prolific, producing multiple series across different denominations well into the early 1920s — this 1923 franc note appearing near the tail end of that local emergency currency period, by which point France was slowly reasserting central control over small-change provision in the colonies.

Algerian chambre issues are frequently found with heavy handling wear; they moved through markets, cafés, and ports in a city that was one of the busiest Mediterranean trading hubs of the period.