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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Gray et Vesoul [70]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Gray et Vesoul |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note with a dense guilloche text underprint repeating 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE GRAY ET VESOUL' across the entire field. The issuer's title appears in a decorative cartouche at the top centre, below which the deliberation date and denomination 'UN FRANC' are set in bold display type. Two manuscript signatures appear at centre, flanked by the series number at lower left and a circular red official stamp of the Chambre de Commerce at lower centre, with ornamental corner vignettes and floral border designs framing the composition. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE GRAY ET VESOUL DELIBERATION DU 23 DECEMBRE 1921 UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président Série 120 IMP.B.ARNAUD LYON-PARIS |
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The Chambre de Commerce de Gray et Vesoul was one of dozens of French regional chambers that continued issuing emergency small-denomination notes well into the early 1920s, long after the acute wartime coin shortage that originally justified them. By 1921, the practical need had largely passed, but withdrawing the notes required coordination and funding that many smaller chambers were slow to arrange. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne handled a significant share of this provincial emergency paper — a workhorse printer for the region rather than a prestige house.
JP#62.21 places this within a documented series; the watermark is the primary security feature, modest even by the standards of the type.