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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Besançon and du Doubs 25
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress reverse with a dense baroque guilloche border of acanthus scrolls and wheat-ear sprays enclosing a beige underprint of repeated issuer text. A central oval cartouche edged with a dotted frame carries the redemption text in multiple lines, below which a broad ochre-toned rectangular panel bears the denomination 'UN FRANC' in bold black letterpress. Corner rosettes and small floral ornaments complete the decorative framework. |
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| Protection description | Watermark in the paper substrate; specific pattern not confirmed from catalog sources. |
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| Comments |
The Chambers of Commerce emergency issues that proliferated across France after 1914 were authorized stopgaps for a coin-starved economy, and the Besançon chamber was among the more active regional issuers. This 1 Franc piece belongs to a series that ran well into the early 1920s, long after the acute wartime shortage had eased — the coins simply hadn't come back in sufficient volume to retire the paper.
J. Arnaud's Lyon workshop handled a significant share of the provincial chamber notes from this period. The watermark security was modest by any measure, reflecting the notes' intended short life.