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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Tours 37
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Tours |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE TOURS Emission 1er Mai 1915 183,595 VAUDOU Gr. Lith. SAUROY inv. et del. IMP. TOURANGELLE TOURS |
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| Reverse lettering | 1915 ÉMISSION 1er MAI 1915 Ce Bon, garanti par un dépôt d'égale valeur à la Banque de France, est échangeable par dix ou multiples de dix contre des Billets de la Banque de France, aux guichets de sa succursale de Tours. Il devra, sous peine de prescription, y être présenté au remboursement dans le délai de deux ans de sa date d'émission. Prescription : 1er Mai 1917. SUSTENTANT LILIA TURRES |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency issues of 1914–1918 filled a vacuum created almost overnight when the declaration of war triggered a nationwide hoarding of coin and a collapse of small-denomination liquidity. Tours was among the first provincial chambers to respond, authorizing local scrip within weeks of mobilization. The Imprimerie Tourangelle handled production entirely in-house — a local press for a local crisis.
Sauroy and Vaudou were a productive pairing for Touraine paper, and the watermarked stock gave the issue just enough credibility to circulate without immediate rejection. JP#123 covers three catalogue variants across the 01/02/03 references, distinguished primarily by signature combinations rather than design changes.