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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce des Deux-Sèvres 79
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce des Deux-Sèvres |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DES DEUX-SÈVRES UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président N° 048,397 1915 IMP. RICHARD, PARIS (Translation: DEUX-SÈVRES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ONE FRANC The Treasurer The President 1915 IMP. RICHARD, PARIS) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes of 1914–1918 exist because the French Treasury catastrophically underestimated small-denomination demand at the outbreak of war — hoarding stripped centime and franc coins from circulation almost overnight. Regional chambers were authorized to fill the void, and dozens did, producing a patchwork of local paper that technically bore no legal tender status yet circulated freely out of sheer necessity.
The Deux-Sèvres chamber, based in Niort, used Imprimerie Richard in Paris for production. The JP#93 series spans at least three catalogue variants, suggesting reissue or plate revision during the war years.