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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Gray and Vesoul
| Uitgever | Chambre de Commerce de Gray et Vesoul |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1915 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE GRAY & VESOUL UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in blue and salmon-pink, with the same geometric guilloche border as the obverse and a repeated text underprint. Two large oval vignettes in salmon-pink, each bearing the numeral 1 above the word FRANC, are placed symmetrically at left and right. A central cartouche in letterpress carries the emission details and redemption terms, framed by a decorative inner border. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Chambers of Commerce emergency franc issues of 1914–1918 are among the most geographically fragmented episodes in French monetary history. When the Banque de France could not supply sufficient small-denomination notes to meet wartime demand, the state authorized local commercial bodies to fill the gap — giving chambers of commerce in towns like Gray and Vesoul the unlikely role of currency issuers. Gray sits in Haute-Saône, and the joint issue covering two separate arrondissements under one chamber was a practical administrative arrangement, not an unusual one.
X. Perroux & Fils of Mâcon handled a significant share of provincial emergency printing during this period. The watermark security was modest by any standard — adequate deterrence against casual counterfeiting in a rural market, nothing more.