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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Foix [09]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Foix |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Size | 92 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress on a pale orange guilloche underprint; at left, a circular vignette contains the coat of arms of Foix mounted on an ornate Corinthian pedestal with flanking foliate sprays, while at right a circular cartouche carries the approval notice of the higher administration. The denomination UN FRANC appears in large bold type at centre below the issuer legend CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE FOIX and the deliberation date of 2 February 1915. Signature lines for the Treasurer and President are positioned at centre, with the serial number below and the exchange clause at foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1f Ce billet garanti par un dépôt d'égale somme à la Banque de France est toujours échangeable contre des Billets de la dite Banque à ses seuls guichets de sa succursale à Foix. Il devra sous peine de prescription, y être présenté au remboursement avant le 2 février 1920 (soit un délai de 5 ans) En attendant la liquidation définitive des bons qui commencera 6 mois avant le 2 février 1920 tout porteur de ces bons pourra en exiger le remboursement à vue lorsqu'il en présentera pour au moins 50 francs. Le remboursement à vue sera également exigible lorsque le porteur en présentera pour une somme inférieure à 50 francs, à condition de compléter la différence en billets de la Banque de France ou en numéraire. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE FOIX META · LABORIS · HONOR |
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The Chambre de Commerce de Foix served the Ariège department, a mountainous and economically modest corner of the Pyrenees that had virtually no banking infrastructure capable of handling the coin shortage that hit France in the first months of the war. When the Banque de France suspended specie payments and small change vanished from circulation almost overnight in late 1914, local chambers of commerce across France were authorized by the state to fill the gap with their own emergency paper. Foix was among the earliest to act.
L. Cassan Aîné in Toulouse was the obvious regional choice — the firm produced emergency notes for several Occitan chambers during this period. The JP#59.10 à 12 numbering reflects the multiple signature variants issued under the same basic design.