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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Toulouse 31
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Toulouse |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | Ce Billet échangeable contre des Billets de la Banque de France doit être présenté au remboursement avant le 31 Décembre 1922 sous peine de prescription passé ce délai LES FONDS EN NANTISSEMENT SONT DEPOSÉS SUIVANT CIRCULAIRE MINISTÉRIELLE AU COMPTE DU TRÉSOR C. BERDOULAT TOULOUSE |
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| Protection description | Watermark consisting of repeated 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE TOULOUSE' text pattern visible throughout the paper. |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of the First World War filled a practical void created by hoarding and metal shortages — by 1917, fractional coinage had nearly vanished from French circulation, and regional commercial chambers were legally empowered to issue small-denomination paper substitutes. Toulouse's chamber turned to a local printer, Berdoulat, rather than a Paris house, which gives the series a noticeably regional character in its typography and production quality.
The JP# grouping across seven reference numbers reflects multiple date variants within the same basic design — the 1 Franc denomination ran through several emission dates, all redeemable only within the Haute-Garonne commercial zone.