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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Calais [62]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Calais |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CALAIS Délibération du 14 Janvier 1916 UN FRANC Le Trésorier. Le Président. SÉRIE F 106 IMP. B. ARNAUD - LYON - PARIS |
| Reverse description | Green and teal note with an elaborate guilloche border matching the obverse, with large circular medallions bearing the numeral "1" at left and right. A light green guilloche underprint fills the central field, over which a rectangular panel carries the redemption text in black letterpress. A red circular official stamp of the Chambre de Commerce de Calais, incorporating the city arms with crown and cross motifs, is applied to the upper left area. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914–1915 as the war drained metallic coinage from circulation — brass and copper being more immediately useful elsewhere. The Calais chamber's issues were among the more numerous in the Pas-de-Calais, a department that spent much of the war within artillery range of the front. B. Arnaud, a Lyon-based printer with a long record of commercial and administrative work, produced the series; the notes were stamped after printing as the primary authentication measure.
JP#36.25 à 27 denotes at least three distinct varieties within this 1 franc type, most likely differentiated by date, serial block, or stamp variation.