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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Besançon and du Doubs 25
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Besançon & du Doubs |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Size | 92 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green and salmon note with an elaborate guilloche border and scrollwork frame enclosing a central arch underprint bearing the text of the issuing authority repeated diagonally. The denomination 'UN FRANC' appears on a large central cartouche flanked by ornamental scroll vignettes, with signature lines for Le Trésorier and Le Président below. The series number and serial number are printed in separate oval cartouches at the bottom, flanking a circular red cachet of the Chambre de Commerce de Besançon. |
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| Reverse description | Green and salmon note with a decorative guilloche border matching the obverse, enclosing a large central vignette of acanthus and feathered foliage surrounding an oval cartouche with the redemption text. Below the vignette, the denomination 'UN FRANC' is printed in bold black letterpress within a rectangular orange-tinted panel, flanked by wheat-ear ornaments. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during and after the First World War to combat the near-total disappearance of coins from circulation. The Besançon chamber's franc notes persisted well into the 1920s because the coin shortage problem outlasted the war by years — the public simply didn't return hoarded metal, and the Treasury was slow to restock.
Printed by B. Arnaud in Villeurbanne, a Lyon-area firm that handled a considerable share of French provincial emergency note production during this period. The JP#25-27/28 reference covers two distinct date varieties within the series.