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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux 27
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Printer | Berger-Levrault, Nancy, France |
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| Reverse description | Pale buff ground with a repeating guilloche underprint of the legend CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'EVREUX across the entire field. A circular medallion at the top centre bears the caduceus emblem flanked by the initials A, E, B and L within the inscription CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE D'EVREUX. The decorative border is formed by interlocking guilloche rosettes and foliate panels, with small heraldic vignettes in each corner; the main text block sets out the redemption conditions in letterpress, with the guarantee clause printed in bold italic. |
| Reverse lettering | GUERRE EUROPÉENNE DE 1914 - 1915 - 1916 Les bons émis par la Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux seront échangés à présentation contre des billets de la Banque de France. Leur émission est faite pour une durée de cinq ans et ils devront être présentés au remboursement définitif avant le 9 décembre 1920. Ce remboursement est garanti par le dépôt à la Banque de France de leur contre-valeur en billets de banque. |
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When the wartime contraction of metallic coinage left French commerce paralyzed in 1915, chambers of commerce across France were authorized to issue their own emergency fractional notes — a decentralized stop-gap that produced dozens of distinct local series. The Évreux chamber's issue was printed by Berger-Levrault in Nancy, a firm better known for military cartography and government printing contracts than banknote production, which gives this series a slightly austere, administrative character compared to the more decorative issues from specialist printers.
Watermark security on a note this small was unusual enough to reflect genuine concern about counterfeiting even at the one-franc level.