1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Tours 37

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.