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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs [25] fond beige rosé
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse description | Pinkish-beige note with a blue guilloche border composed of repeated floral and shell motifs running the full perimeter. The denomination "Un Franc" is rendered in large cursive script across the centre field, above the series number at lower left and a red circular cachet of the Chambre de Commerce de Besançon at centre. The issuer's name appears in letterpress capitals along the top margin, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BESANÇON ET DU DOUBS Un Franc SÉRIE R 118 IMP. B. ARNAUD - LYON - PARIS |
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French Chambers of Commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 when the outbreak of war triggered an immediate hoarding crisis that stripped fractional coinage from circulation almost overnight. Besançon's chamber, serving the Doubs department in Franche-Comté, was among the hundreds that rushed notes into local use to keep commerce moving. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne handled a substantial share of this provincial emergency printing work out of the Lyon area.
The JP#25.8 à 18 reference range covers multiple printing variants distinguished largely by paper stock — the beige rosé tint being one of several background colorways used across successive runs as supply and demand fluctuated through 1915.