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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Eure et Loir 28
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Eure-et-Loir |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Printer | Imprimerie E. Trochard, Chartres, France |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red on a cream ground with a dense letterpress underprint repeating the text 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'EURE & LOIR' across the entire field. The issuer's title runs along the top banner, flanked at each corner by circular medallions bearing the denomination '1 fr'. A central cartouche encloses two symmetrical olive-branch vignettes framing a blank oval space for the official stamp, below which appear the manuscript signatures of the President and the Treasurer. At the foot of the note, the guarantee clause 'Garanti par un dépôt à la Banque de France' is set within a decorative panel, with the printer's imprint 'E. TROCHARD CHARTRES' below. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'EURE-&-LOIR UN FRANC Le Président Le Trésorier Garanti par un dépôt à la Banque de France E. TROCHARD CHARTRES |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of 1914–1918 exist because the French state catastrophically underestimated the wartime demand for small-denomination currency. Coin hoarding began almost immediately after mobilization, and by late 1914 the shortage of fractional money was genuinely disrupting daily commerce. Local chambers of commerce were authorized to fill the gap — hence this 1 Franc note from Eure-et-Loir, printed locally by Trochard in Chartres rather than by any national authority.
The JP#45-3/4 reference distinguishes among multiple varieties in this series, differentiated by minor typographic and watermark differences that were never standardized across printings.