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1 franc Chambers of commerce Domard aluminium pattern
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce de France |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Weight | 1.35 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | CHAMBRES. DE. COMMERCE. DE. FRANCE. BON POUR 1 FRANC Br. Al. (Translation: CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF FRANCE GOOD FOR 1 FRANC) |
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France's postwar small-change crisis was acute enough that the Chambers of Commerce — a decentralized network of regional trade bodies — were granted temporary authority to issue emergency token coinage between 1920 and 1927, filling a void the Monnaie de Paris was structurally unable to address at scale. This piece is a pattern by Joseph-Marie Domard, exploring aluminium as a candidate material before production specifications were locked down. The documented varieties under Mazard 2583 reflect genuine competition between competing technical proposals, not simple design iteration.