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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans 71
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun et Louhans |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | B. Arnaud, Villeurbanne, France (1898-1990) |
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| Obverse lettering | Délibération du 5 novembre 1918 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, AUTUN & LOUHANS UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président Série D 195 3,976 IMP. B.ARNAUD_LYON_PARIS |
| Reverse description | Pink repeated-text underprint covers the entire field, overlaid with a blue guilloche frame and decorative scallop-shell border ornaments. A large oval guilloche panel at centre carries the numeral 1 above FRANC in bold letterpress. Below the oval, a circular text panel states the redemption conditions and expiry date of 6 November 1923. |
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One of hundreds of emergency issues produced by French chambres de commerce during World War One, when the withdrawal of metal coinage from circulation left small transactions nearly impossible. The three-city grouping — Chalon-sur-Saône, Autun, and Louhans — reflects the administrative reach of a single chamber across the Saône-et-Loire département, a consolidation that was purely practical. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne handled an enormous volume of this work for regional issuers throughout the conflict and into the postwar years, supplying chambers across the Rhône corridor with competently produced but frankly utilitarian bons de nécessité.