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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Mont-de-Marsan 40
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Mont-de-Marsan |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE MONT-DE-MARSAN Délibération du 12 juin 1917 UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président Département des Landes Série 34 6,451 IMP. B.ARNAUD LYON-PARIS |
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| Reverse lettering | UN FRANC ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE Ce billet devra être présenté au remboursement avant le 13 juin 1922 sauf décision prorogeant ce délai. |
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Mont-de-Marsan is the prefecture of the Landes department in southwestern France, and its Chambre de Commerce issued this franc note during the acute small-change crisis that gripped France after 1914 — hoarding of coins had stripped everyday commerce of the means to make change. Hundreds of French chambers of commerce resorted to emergency paper, and most of these emissions were printed by a handful of specialist houses. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne handled a large share of this provincial output, and the JP reference numbers 82-21 through 82-24 indicate at least four distinct varieties within the series, likely differing by date, series letter, or signature combination.