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 Moulins et Lapalisse 03
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Moulins et Lapalisse |
|---|---|
| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 1 FRANC CES BONS ÉCHANGEABLES CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DEVRONT ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉS AU REMBOURSEMENT AVANT LE 13 MAI 1921 SAUF DÉCISION PROROGEANT CE DÉLAI. |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
France's wartime coin shortage, driven by hoarding and metal requisitions after 1914, forced hundreds of regional chambres de commerce to issue emergency small-denomination notes — this 1 Franc from Moulins et Lapalisse being one of thousands of such locally authorized stopgaps. The Allier department alone saw multiple overlapping issues, and the JP#86 series for this chamber runs across several distinct types and dates, making precise identification dependent on the specific date and series letter present on the note.
B. Arnaud of Lyon was a workhorse printer for provincial emergency issues throughout the war years, handling numerous regional contracts simultaneously.