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1 Franc Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BESANÇON ET DU DOUBS UN FRANC SERIE N 164 IMP B ARNAUD LYON PARIS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and orange-brown on a cream ground, with the large bold denomination 1 FRANC rendered in a decorative block typeface at the top, set against the same repeating typographic underprint of the issuer's name. A central rectangular cartouche in black letterpress contains the redemption notice, flanked below by the manuscript signatures of the Trésorier at left and the Président at right, with their respective titles printed above. The same ornate guilloche border of geometric and floral motifs as the obverse frames the entire reverse. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes issued across France during and after the First World War filled a vacuum left by the hoarding of metal coinage — a crisis that persisted well into the 1920s in many departments. Besançon's chamber was among dozens that contracted regional printers rather than the Imprimerie de la Banque de France, which was overwhelmed with central government work. B. Arnaud was a Lyon house that handled a number of these provincial commissions.
JP#25-20 is one of the later issues in the Besançon series, by which point the acute shortage had eased considerably — making actual circulation for this 1923 date lighter than for the wartime predecessors.