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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Perpignan 66
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Perpignan |
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| Year | 1917-1921 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Reverse lettering | RF RF 1 FRANC LES BILLETS USAGÉS SERONT ÉCHANGÉS PAR DIX OU MULTIPLES DE DIX CONTRE DES COUPURES NEUVES. IMP P MORER · BÉNÉZET · PERPIGNAN |
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| Protection description | bees; dry stamp impression applied to the note. |
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During World War One, the near-total withdrawal of metal coinage from circulation forced hundreds of French chambers of commerce to issue their own fractional paper money — the so-called monnaie de nécessité. Perpignan's chamber was among them, producing this 1 Franc note locally through Morer-Bénézet rather than relying on one of the larger Parisian printing houses that handled many provincial issues.
The dry stamp was the chamber's primary anti-counterfeiting measure, applied individually to each note — a labor-intensive authentication method that reflects how improvised the entire emergency system was.