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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Perpignan 66
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Perpignan |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PERPIGNAN DÉLIBÉRATION DU 24 juin 1915 En échange de ce BON, la Chambre de Commerce, payera UN FRANC Garanti par un dépôt fait à son compte à la Banque de France Le Trésorier Le Vice-Président Série K N°04969 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Emergency local commerce notes issued by French Chambers of Commerce were a direct response to the acute coin shortage of 1914–15, when metal was diverted to the war effort and small change effectively vanished from circulation. Perpignan's chamber moved quickly, commissioning Morer-Benezet — a local lithographic firm — to produce these franc notes rather than waiting on a centralized solution from Paris.
Local production by a regional printer makes the lithographic quality variable across surviving examples. The watermark is the only security measure, modest for a circulating instrument but typical of what a provincial commercial printer could realistically supply under wartime conditions.