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1 Franc - Chambre de commerce de Toulon et du Var 83

Issuer Chambre de Commerce de Toulon et du Var
Year 1916-1922
Type Local banknote
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Reverse lettering LA CONTRE-VALEUR DES BONS EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR — ILS SERONT REMBOURSÉS AUX CAISSES PUBLIQUES DU VAR 3 ANS APRÈS LA DATE DE LEUR ÉMISSION. — SAUF PROROGATION 1 FRANC
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Protection description Repeated text watermark reading 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE TOULON ET DU VAR' across the note field.
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French chambres de commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes during the First World War to address the near-total disappearance of coins from circulation — hoarding and metal requisitions had stripped the country of fractional currency by 1915. Toulon's chamber, serving the Var department and a major naval base, had particular need for reliable low-value instruments. B. Arnaud of Villeurbanne, a Lyon-area printer with a long run in commercial and municipal printing, handled the series across multiple date variants, which accounts for the unusually large JP reference spread here.

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