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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Beauvais et de l'Oise [60]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Beauvais et de l'Oise |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note with an ornate guilloche border frame enclosing the large central denomination inscription 'UN FRANC' over a repeated 'UN FRANC' underprint in orange. The serial number appears in black above the central text, flanked by '1' numerals at each side. Below the denomination, two signature lines for the Treasurer and Secretary are printed, with the designer and printer credits at the lower left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during and after World War One to address a severe shortage of fractional currency — coins had been hoarded or melted, and the Banque de France could not fill the gap quickly enough. The Beauvais chamber's issues persisted into the early 1920s as the coin shortage remained stubbornly unresolved long after the Armistice. Chaix, a Paris printer better known for railway timetables and posters, handled an enormous volume of these provincial emergency emissions in the period.