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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Caen et de Honfleur 14
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Caen et de Honfleur |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note enclosed within a double-ruled border with decorative corner ornaments. The upper portion carries the issuer's title in bold uppercase lettering centred above a circular Chamber of Commerce stamp bearing the combined arms of Caen and Honfleur, flanked by two facsimile signature lines for the respective Presidents of each Chamber. At lower centre the denomination UN FRANC appears in large type, flanked by architectural vignettes — a Renaissance hôtel de ville to the left and the harbour church of Honfleur to the right — with heraldic shields set between scrollwork, and the series and serial number at lower left and right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes of the early 1920s filled a gap left by the Banque de France's chronic inability to supply small denominations during and after the First World War. Caen's chamber issued in conjunction with Honfleur — an unusual pairing of an inland administrative center with a Seine estuary port — and had its notes printed locally by Charles Valin rather than routing the work to a Paris house. That local production decision is reflected in the typography, which lacks the polish of contemporaries printed by Boulanger or similar specialists.
Three catalog variants exist under JP#34-6/7/8, distinguished by serial number ranges and minor typographic differences.