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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 | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#45.10 |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D`EURE ET LOIR 3ème émission Mars 1920 UN FRANC Le Président Le Trésorier Garanti par un dépôt au trésor Public E TROCHARD CHARTRES |
| Reverse description | Red letterpress note with a dense guilloche repeat pattern forming the overall background, incorporating the issuer's name in the underprint. A central oval cartouche framed by wheat-ear sprays carries the redemption text, surmounted by the year 1920. Denomination numerals 1 Fr. appear at left and right, and the four main towns of the department — Châteaudun, Chartres, Nogent-le-Rotrou and Dreux — are inscribed in the outer corners. |
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The chambers of commerce emergency note issues of 1914–1926 filled a vacuum left by the hoarding of coin that gripped France almost immediately after mobilization. Eure-et-Loir's chamber was among the smaller regional issuers, operating out of Chartres, and uniquely had its notes printed locally by Trochard rather than relying on one of the Parisian specialist houses. That local production arrangement is reflected in the comparatively modest security provision — a watermark, but none of the more elaborate anti-counterfeiting measures found on notes printed by Chaix or Oberthur for larger chambers.
JP#45.10 distinguishes this within the series, which ran across multiple denominations and date variants through the early 1920s.