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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Omer 62
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Omer |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 120 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE SAINT-OMER PAS-DE-CALAIS UN FRANC Émission approuvée par l'Administration Supérieure Émission garantie par un dépôt de fonds d'égale valeur à la Banque de France Le Trésorier Le Président IMP. RICHARD, PARIS |
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| Protection description | Repeated text watermark reading 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE' visible throughout the paper stock. |
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Saint-Omer's chamber of commerce issued this note in 1914 as an emergency response to the acute coin shortage that struck northern France in the opening weeks of the war — small change essentially vanished from circulation as the public hoarded metal and the banking system seized up. Chambers of commerce across the Pas-de-Calais and neighbouring departments stepped into the void, issuing small-denomination papier-monnaie de nécessité under powers hastily sanctioned by the French government.
The Imprimerie Richard in Paris supplied much of this regional emergency paper. The JP#115 reference covers three catalogue numbers for this type, suggesting date or series variants within what is otherwise a uniform issue.