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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Châlon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans 71
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| In circulation to | 28 June 1921 |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 FRANC CES BONS ÉCHANGEABLES CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DEVRONT ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉS AU REMBOURSEMENT, AVANT LE 28 JUIN 1921, SAUF DÉCISION PROROGEANT CE DÉLAI. |
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| Protection description | Without watermark |
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French wartime necessity issue, produced when the near-total disappearance of metal coinage from circulation forced dozens of provincial chambers of commerce to fill the void with locally authorized paper. The Chambre de Commerce covering Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun, and Louhans — an unusually broad tri-city mandate — contracted Imprimerie B. Arnaud of Lyon, who both designed and printed the series, an arrangement that kept production costs down but gave the notes a distinctly regional character.
The JP#42 reference covers at least four catalogue varieties across this denomination, differentiated by date or serial range. Worth noting: the watermark security was modest by any standard, reflecting wartime paper supply constraints rather than deliberate economy.