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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Avignon 84
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Avignon |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress on cream paper with a dense yellow-green underprint repeating the text CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'AVIGNON across the entire field. An ornate floral and foliate border frames the note, with the municipal arms of Carpentras at lower left and Orange at lower right, and the crowned coat of arms of Avignon with the motto A BEC ET GRIFFES at top centre below the republican header REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE. The denomination UN FRANC is printed in large bold type at centre, flanked by the issuing authority CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'AVIGNON and the names of the participating towns; a red handstamp and the serial number appear at centre, with two manuscript signatures below the titles Le Président and Le Secrétaire-Trésorier, and the printer's imprint NANCY LITH BERGER LEVRAULT at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'AVIGNON Les bons de 2 francs, 1 franc et 50 centimes de la Chambre de Commerce d'Avignon sont émis sous sa responsabilité et sa garantie. Ils sont toujours échangeables, par sommes rondes de 50 francs au moins, contre des billets de la Banque de France. Leur émission étant faite, pour une durée de cinq ans, en vertu d'une délibération du 11 août 1915, ils devront être présentés, avant le 11 août 1920, au remboursement définitif. Ce remboursement est garanti par le dépôt à la Banque de France de leur contre-valeur en billets de banque. |
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The Avignon Chamber of Commerce issued this franc note under the emergency legislation of August 1914, which authorized local commercial bodies across France to produce small-denomination paper when coin hoarding — driven by wartime panic — stripped markets of everyday change. Berger-Levrault in Nancy was one of the principal printers contracted for these issues, producing notes for chambers across multiple departments despite Nancy itself sitting dangerously close to the front for much of the conflict.
JP#18-5/6/7 covers three signature variants within this single denomination, the main differentiator between catalog numbers in this series.