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1 Franc - Chambre de commerce d'Angoulême [16]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Angoulême |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie Keller Frères, Angoulême, France |
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| Obverse lettering | 6ème SÉRIE | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANGOULÊME | FORTITUDO MEA CIVIUM FIDES | UN FRANC | Le Trésorier | Le Président | 1 | IMP. KELLER FRÈRES, ANGOULÊME |
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| Reverse lettering | 6ème SÉRIE | DÉLIBÉRATION DU 14 JANVIER 1920 | Ce Billet garanti par un dépôt d'égale valeur au Trésor Public peut être échangé à toutes les caisses publiques de la circonscription de la Chambre de Commerce d'Angoulême. Il devra, sous peine de prescription, être présenté au remboursement avant le 1er Janvier 1925. | 1 |
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The Chambres de commerce emergency issues of 1914–1926 filled a vacuum created when small-denomination coin vanished from circulation almost overnight at the outbreak of the First World War. Hoarding was immediate and total. France's provincial chambers were granted authority to issue papier-monnaie de nécessité, and Angoulême — a departmental capital with deep roots in papermaking — had the industrial infrastructure to produce its own notes locally through Keller Frères rather than rely on a Paris printer.
The JP#9-47/48 reference distinguishes two varieties, likely differing in serial numbering or minor typographic detail. Worth confirming before cataloging separately.