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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux 27
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#57-12 |
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| Reverse lettering | GUERRE EUROPÉENNE DE 1914 - 1918 Les bons émis par la Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux seront échangés à présentation contre des billets de la Banque de France dans toutes les caisses publiques. Leur émission est faite pour une durée de cinq ans et ils devront être présentés au remboursement définitif avant le 8 novembre 1922. Ce remboursement est garanti par le dépôt au Trésor public de sa contre-valeur. |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper; circular cacheted stamp of the Chambre de Commerce d'Evreux applied to the reverse. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes of World War One exist because the French state simply could not produce small-denomination coinage fast enough once metal was diverted to the war effort. Évreux, the prefecture of Eure in Normandy, issued its own series rather than leave local commerce without a functioning fractional currency. Berger-Levrault, the Nancy-based printer with deep roots in military and administrative publishing, produced notes for dozens of these regional chambers simultaneously during the same period.
The cachet stamp was applied locally after delivery, a standard anti-counterfeiting measure for these bons de nécessité — and the primary reason unchacheted examples exist and are considered incomplete.