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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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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE Guerre Européenne de 1914 - 1917 A BEC ET GRIFFES AVIGNON CHAMBRE de COMMERCE d'AVIGNON VILLES d'AVIGNON, APT, CARPENTRAS, ORANGE UN FRANC Nº 461,010 Le Président Le Secrétaire Trésorier FELICIBUS APTA TRIUMPHIS BERGER-LEVRAULT NANCY-PARIS CARPENTRAS ORANGE |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper, exact motif unconfirmed. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in August 1914 after the war's outbreak drained metallic coinage from circulation almost overnight. Avignon's chamber was among the earliest to act, and Berger-Levrault — a Nancy-based firm with deep roots in military and administrative printing — was a logical choice given its existing government contracts and its proximity to wartime supply chains despite the front pushing ever closer to the northeast.
The JP# reference spanning five numbers (17 through 21) reflects multiple date or series variants issued under the same basic authorization, a common complication when cataloging French nécessité notes of this period.