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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Lorient
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Lorient |
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| Year | 1915-1921 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LORIENT (MORBIHAN) EMISSION DU [...] BON DE UN FRANC Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Lorient Les Vices-Présidents OBERTHUR - RENNES |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Lorient's chamber of commerce began issuing these emergency fractional notes in 1915 when the wartime coin shortage stripped small-denomination metal from circulation across France almost overnight. The Chambers of Commerce system — centrally tolerated if not formally authorized — became the de facto solution for hundreds of French municipalities, and Oberthur in Rennes handled an enormous share of that printing work, giving notes from otherwise unrelated towns a recognizable family resemblance in paper and typography.
The JP reference spans at least twelve catalogue numbers, reflecting the multiple date varieties issued across six years — a run that extended well past the Armistice as coins remained stubbornly scarce into the early 1920s.