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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Nevers
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Nevers |
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| Year | 1915-1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE NEVERS DÉLIBÉRATION DU 22 FÉVRIER 1917 UN FRANC 2e SÉRIE CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE NEVERS IMP B.ARNAUD LYON - PARIS |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 FRANC CES BONS ÉCHANGEABLES CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE DE FRANCE DEVRONT ÊTRE PRÉSENTÉS AU REMBOURSEMENT AVANT LE 31 DÉCEMBRE 1920, SAUF DÉCISION PROROGEANT CE DÉLAI. |
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The Chambre de Commerce de Nevers was one of dozens of French regional chambers forced into emergency note issuance after the outbreak of war in 1914 drained metallic currency from everyday commerce almost immediately. These chamber notes — bons de caisse — were a stopgap, locally authorised and locally trusted, filling the void left by hoarded coins. Nevers, a modest administrative centre in the Nièvre, had no printing infrastructure of its own; B. Arnaud in Villeurbanne near Lyon handled production for numerous provincial issuers during this period.
The JP reference range covering seven catalogue variants across the 1915–1917 window reflects serial and date progressions rather than substantive design changes.