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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 | 1916 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DES DEUX-SÈVRES UN FRANC Le Trésorier Le Président Deuxième Émission N° 1,078,938 1916 IMP. RICHARD, PARIS |
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| Signature(s) | L. Chériau (Le Trésorier) and Emile Marot (Le Président) |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency fractional notes of the First World War were a direct response to the near-total disappearance of small coinage from circulation — hoarded by a public that no longer trusted the financial system to hold together. Deux-Sèvres, a rural department in west-central France, issued these notes through its local Chamber of Commerce under the legal framework established by a government decree of August 1914, which temporarily authorized non-banking bodies to issue low-denomination paper to fill the void left by vanished bronze and silver.
Imprimerie Richard, a Paris printer with a substantial portfolio of these wartime emergency issues, handled production. The JP#93-8/9 reference distinguishes between at least two signature combinations for this type — Chériau as treasurer and Marot as president representing one documented pairing.