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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Narbonne 11
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Narbonne |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE NARBONNE Délibération du 2 Octobre 1919 BON DE UN FRANC GARANTIS PAR UN DÉPÔT FAIT A LA BANQUE DE FRANCE Le Trésorier Le Président Série P N° 50358 |
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| Reverse lettering | 1Fc. 1Fc. 1Fc. 1Fc. FR FR UN FRANC CE BILLET SERA REMBOURSABLE AUX CAISSES PUBLIQUES DE L'ARRONDISSEMENT DE NARBONNE A PARTIR DU 2 OCTOBRE 1924 ET NE SERA VALABLE QU'AUTANT QU'IL SERA REVÊTU DU TIMBRE SEC DE LA CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE. IMP. BOUSQUET NARBONNE |
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French Chambers of Commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during and after the First World War to compensate for the near-total disappearance of bronze and silver coinage from circulation — hoarded, melted, or consumed by the war economy. The Narbonne chamber's issues were entirely local in scope, printed by a Narbonne firm for use within the Aude department, and redeemable only through that chamber. The dry seal was applied as a rudimentary anti-counterfeiting measure, though the short circulation radius made large-scale forgery economically pointless.
JP#89-18 places this within a well-documented local series, but surviving examples in unfolded condition are less common than the print runs suggest — redemption drives in the early 1920s pulled most back out of circulation.