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1 Franc - Chambre de commerce de Granville [50]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Granville |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an oval vignette enclosed within an elaborate acanthus-scroll cartouche, presenting a finely rendered view of Mont-Saint-Michel rising from its tidal flats, with the abbey and fortified village executed in detailed engraved lines. Denomination numerals '1 F' appear in large type to the left and right of the central oval, set against a light underprint. A two-line redemption notice in uppercase letterpress runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 F CE BILLET DEVRA ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉ AU REMBOURSEMENT À LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DE GRANVILLE AVANT LE 19 JUILLET 1920 (Translation: This note must be presented for redemption at the Bank of France in Granville before 19 July 1920) |
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Granville's chamber of commerce began issuing emergency fractional notes in 1915 as the wartime coin shortage stripped small denominations from everyday commerce across France. This was a nationwide crisis answered locally — hundreds of French chambers issued their own paper in these years, but Granville's series was printed entirely in-house by Goachet, a local press, rather than contracted to one of the larger provincial printers handling bulk emergency production elsewhere.
The JP#60- reference covers three distinct date variants within this type, all sharing the same plate.