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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Annecy 74
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Annecy |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| In circulation to | 1920 |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red and blue-green on a pink underprint bearing the repeated legend CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'ANNECY in letterpress. At upper centre, the issuing authority and the deliberation date are inscribed in blue-green. To the left, a circular vignette bears the heraldic seal of the Chambre de Commerce de la Haute-Savoie, with a quartered coat of arms and laurel wreath surround. To the right, a second circular vignette presents an alpine landscape with a railway viaduct, encircled by the names of regional towns: Saint-Julien, Annecy, Bonneville, and Thonon. The denomination UN FRANC is set in large bold type at centre, with series number at lower left and serial number at lower right, flanked by a decorative floral border. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-green and red on a pink underprint, the reverse carries an ornate guilloche border with rosette cornerpieces and intricate foliate scroll panels along each side. Large numeral denominators '1Fr.' appear in red at left and right as underprint elements. A central rectangular cartouche in letterpress contains the redemption clause in French. Below the cartouche, manuscript facsimile signatures of Le Trésorier and Le Président are printed at lower left and right respectively. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 precisely because the mobilization for war caused an immediate and severe shortage of coin — metal was being pulled into munitions production and hoarding was rampant. Annecy's chamber was among the earliest provincial issuers to act, getting paper into circulation within the first year of the conflict. The printer, B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne, was a regional workhorse operation that handled a significant portion of Rhône-Alpes chamber issues during this period.
The JP#10 reference covers four catalogue variants across this series, distinguished by serial number ranges and minor typographic differences — not always obvious without direct comparison.