Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Lons-le-Saunier 39
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Lons-le-Saunier |
|---|---|
| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 93 × 60 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LONS-LE-SAUNIER UN FRANC Le Président Le Trésorier Série 1198 00,438 LITH. E. ROUSSEAU. DÔLE (JURA) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Bees |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
French Chambers of Commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during and after the First World War to address a chronic shortage of coin — silver and bronze had been hoarded or melted down, and the Banque de France was not filling the gap. By 1922, the crisis was largely over nationally, but regional chambers were still authorized to circulate their own issues while redemption schedules were negotiated with Paris. Lons-le-Saunier, the prefecture of the Jura, was among the slower to wind down.
Printed by Lithographie E. Rousseau in Dôle rather than Paris, this is a purely provincial production. JP#74-13 and 74-14 differ in minor typographic details — one of the more frequently misidentified splits in the Jura chamber issues.