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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce du Puy-de-Dôme 63
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce du Département du Puy-de-Dôme |
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| Year | 1920-1926 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in orange-brown on cream paper, the reverse repeats the full-field text underprint and guilloche border of the obverse, with decorative rosette medallions at each corner. The large numeral '1' and the word 'FRANC' appear in orange at the top centre. Below, four signature panels are arranged in two columns, each headed by the title of a president of one of the four constituent Chambers of Commerce — Riom, Ambert, Clermont-Ferrand, and Thiers — with a manuscript signature beneath each title. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 FRANC Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Riom Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce d'Ambert Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Clermont-Ferrand Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Thiers |
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The Puy-de-Dôme chamber of commerce emergency notes belong to the vast wave of French regional fractional currency that flooded circulation after the First World War, when hoarding of metal coins left everyday commerce paralyzed. Chambers of commerce across France were authorized to fill that gap, and many did so for years longer than anyone intended — the Puy-de-Dôme issues ran into the mid-1920s well after the immediate postwar crisis had passed.
The sheer number of JP reference numbers assigned to this single denomination — at least a dozen distinct varieties — reflects ongoing reissues with updated dates and authorization signatures rather than any major design revision. Arnaud's Lyon operation was one of the more prolific printers of this category of note nationally.