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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Moulins et Lapalisse
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Moulins et Lapalisse |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | JP#86-13/14 |
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| Obverse lettering | Délibération du 14 Décembre 1917 UN FRANC Chambre de Commerce de Moulins et Lapalisse (Allier) Le Trésorier Le Président Série I 209 3,809 IMP. B.ARNAUD_LYON_PARIS (Translation: Deliberation of December 14, 1917 ONE FRANC Chamber of Commerce of Moulins and Lapalisse (Allier) The Treasurer The President) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 to address the acute coin shortage caused by wartime hoarding. The Moulins et Lapalisse chamber was one of dozens that took up this authority, filling a gap the Banque de France had no practical means to plug at the local level. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne — a Lyon-area printer with a long run in commercial and administrative print work — produced notes for several regional chambers during this period, which accounts for certain typographic similarities across issues from unrelated issuers.
The JP#86-13/14 reference covers two closely related printings distinguished by minor typographic variants, a distinction that trips up collectors who assume a single issue.