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1 Franc - Chambre de commerce de Toulon et du Var 83
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Toulon et du Var |
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| 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.