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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Montauban 82
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Montauban |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTENAIRE DE LA CRÉATION DU TARN-ET-GARONNE 1808 - 1908 D'APRÈS LOUIS OURY LA CONTRE VALEUR DE CE BILLET EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR PUBLIC. LE PRÉSENTER AU REMBOURSEMENT AVANT LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 1922. ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE. REÇU PAR LES CAISSES PUBLIQUES DU DÉPARTEMENT. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during the First World War to alleviate a severe shortage of coins, most of which had been hoarded or absorbed into the war economy by 1914. The Montauban chamber's issues were among dozens produced across the Midi-Pyrénées region under this scheme. Cassan Ainé in Toulouse handled the printing for several regional chambers simultaneously, which kept costs manageable but produced notes with a notably provincial finish compared to Banque de France production.
Louis Oury's design credit is the one detail worth flagging — designer attributions on necessity notes at this level are relatively rare in the documentation.