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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 | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'EURE & LOIR 5ème Émission JANVIER 1921 UN FRANC Le Président Le Trésorier GARANTI PAR UN DÉPÔT AU TRÉSOR PUBLIC E. TROCHARD CHARTRES |
| Reverse description | Red letterpress design on cream paper with a repeated guilloche underprint text. Two circular denomination cartouches reading '1 fr' are placed at left and right, surrounded by ornate guilloche borders. A central panel carries the redemption text flanked by wheat-ear sprays, surmounted by the year '1921' within a decorative arch. Ribbon scrolls at the four corners bear the names of the four towns of the grouping: Châteaudun, Chartres, Dreux, and Nogent-le-Rotrou. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during and after the First World War to compensate for the near-total disappearance of coinage from circulation — hoarding and metal demands had stripped the country of its small change. The Chambre de Commerce d'Eure-et-Loir issued across several series well into the early 1920s, longer than many departments, reflecting how slowly the coinage shortage resolved itself in provincial France.
Trochard was the local Chartres printer throughout the series, keeping production entirely within the department. JP#45-13 falls within the later issues, by which point the designs had been refined and paper quality stabilized.