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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce de Villefranche-sur-Saône 69
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Villefranche-sur-Saône |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed in the same dark blue on pale ochre paper, retaining the identical foliate border with corner numeral cartouches. A caduceus vignette is centred at the top above the emission date. A large cursive watermark-style underprint reading "Un Franc" fills the central oval, over which the redemption conditions are set in several lines of letterpress text. The printer's imprint is repeated at the foot. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue small-denomination emergency notes — known as monnaie de nécessité — during and after World War I, filling a void left by the hoarding of coins that began almost immediately in August 1914. Villefranche-sur-Saône's chamber issued into the early 1920s, well past the point where most larger cities had wound down their local currency programs. The 1921 date places this note among the later regional issues, printed by Xavier Perroux & Fils of Macon, a provincial house responsible for several Saône-et-Loire and Rhône-area chamber notes.
JP#129-17 carries a watermark — relatively uncommon among the smaller chamber issues, where cost-cutting often meant plain paper.