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1 franc - Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon-Gannat [03]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Montluçon-Gannat |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE MONTLUÇON- GANNAT AUTORISATION MINISTÉRIELLE DU 30 SEPTEMBRE 1914 UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président Série B ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE HERBIN & BOUCHÉ MONTLUÇON |
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| Reverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE MONTLUÇON- GANNAT AUTORISATION MINISTÉRIELLE DU 30 SEPTEMBRE 1914 Ce billet, garanti par dépôt d'égale somme à la banque de France, est toujours échangeable aux guichets de sa succursale de Montluçon, et devra, sous peine de prescription, y être présenté au remboursement dans un délai de cinq ans à dater du 10 octobre 1914. Ce billet ne sera valable que revêtu du timbre de la Chambre de Commerce. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency fractional notes of 1914 appeared almost immediately after the August mobilization order froze normal banking operations and triggered a nationwide coin hoarding panic. Small change vanished from circulation within days. Hundreds of local chambers across France stepped in as quasi-monetary authorities — legally permitted to do so under wartime emergency decree — and Montluçon's chamber was among the earliest to act, using a local printer rather than waiting for centrally coordinated supply.
The official stamp is the primary authentication device here, which tells you something about the urgency: elaborate security printing wasn't the priority in August 1914.