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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Agen 47
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Agen |
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| Year | 1914-1917 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red and carries a block of regulatory text setting out the conditions of deposit and exchange, including reference to the guarantee lodged at the Banque de France and the statutory three-year redemption period. A further passage cites Article 139 of the Penal Code, warning that counterfeiting or falsification of notes is punishable by perpetual hard labour. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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During the First World War, the withdrawal of metallic coinage from circulation created an acute shortage of small change across France. Local chambers of commerce were authorized to fill the gap by issuing their own emergency fractional notes — a necessity, not a monetary ambition. Agen's chamber was among hundreds that did so, producing notes that functioned as genuine local currency within a restricted geographic radius.
The JP reference covering four variant numbers (03, 04, 09, 10) suggests at least four distinct types or dates within this single denomination series — not unusual for a chamber that kept reissuing as earlier stocks were absorbed into daily trade.