1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Besançon et du Doubs [25] fond beige rosé

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.