Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer 62
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer |
|---|---|
| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on white paper with a fine guilloche underprint, the note is framed by a decorative dot-and-rule border. At the top centre, an oval vignette contains an allegorical figure with an anchor, surmounted by a radiant triangle, flanked by the issuer's name in large letterpress capitals. The denomination UN FRANC appears in bold green type at centre, flanked by two circular text panels; the lower portion carries spaces for the Trésorier and Président signatures above the serial number printed in black, with the numeral 1 repeated in red at each lower corner. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Watermarked paper providing a background security feature visible when held to light. |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Boulogne-sur-Mer's Chamber of Commerce emergency notes from August 1914 belong to the first wave of French nécessité issues — locally authorized scrip produced almost immediately after the general mobilization froze normal banking activity. The Banque de France simply could not meet the sudden demand for small-denomination currency as the country shifted to a war footing, and chambers of commerce across northern France stepped in within days.
Boulogne was particularly exposed. A major Channel port under constant military pressure from the outset, its commercial life depended on rapid circulating cash. The JP#31-19/20 reference covers two closely related varieties, distinguished by minor typographic differences that catalogers still debate.