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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Libourne [33] violet, fond gris beige avec filigrane
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Libourne |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Reverse description | Violet letterpress reverse on plain paper, centred on a circular guilloche vignette enclosing the municipal coat of arms of Libourne supported by two allegorical female figures. Two solid circular lozenges at upper left and right each carry the numeral 1 fr., while laurel sprays frame the central composition. A ribbon cartouche below reads CINQUIÈME SÉRIE, with the issuer's name CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LIBOURNE and the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Libourne's Chamber of Commerce, like dozens of regional French bodies, began issuing emergency small-denomination notes during the First World War to address the acute shortage of small change that followed the hoarding of coins in 1914. The Wetterwald Frères printing house in Bordeaux supplied a significant number of these nécessité notes for Gironde-area chambers, and the watermarked paper on this example was a deliberate step above the most basic wartime issues — an attempt to discourage local forgery rather than any statement about the note's expected longevity.
JP#72.25 distinguishes this violet-on-grey-beige variant within a series where colour differences carry genuine cataloguing weight.