1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Bergerac [24]

French chambers of commerce were granted emergency authority to issue small-denomination nécessité notes in August 1914, within weeks of mobilization, as the hoarding of coins and the withdrawal of Banque de France notes from circulation created an acute shortage of small change. Bergerac's chamber was among the earliest provincial issuers to act on this authorization. Pierre Dumont in Limoges printed for several southwestern chambers during this period, which accounts for the stylistic similarities collectors sometimes notice across otherwise unrelated issuers.

The JP#24.4–5 and 24.13 references indicate multiple signature or date variants within the type — worth distinguishing, as some are considerably scarcer than others.