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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce du Tréport 76
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce du Tréport |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress note in orange and pale green on cream paper, with a guilloche underprint incorporating a large watermark numeral '1' at centre. The upper portion carries the Tréport municipal coat of arms flanked by crossed anchors and scrollwork banners bearing the issuer's name and the cantons served, while the bold denomination BON DE UN FRANC occupies the central field. Below, printed signature titles for Le Secrétaire and Le Vice-Président appear above two manuscript signatures, with the series letter, serial number, and emission mention 'Huitième Émission' at foot alongside the printer's imprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DU TREPORT (Seine Inf.) CANTONS D'EU, BLANGY & AUMALE BON DE UN FRANC Le Secrétaire Le Vice-Président A I 18445 Huitième Émission Imp. Roy & Valade, Amiens |
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Le Tréport's chamber of commerce began issuing these emergency fractional notes in 1916 as small-denomination coinage disappeared almost entirely from French circulation — hoarded by civilians and consumed by wartime metal demands simultaneously. Chambers of commerce across northern France filled the void, each issuing their own scrip under authorization from the French government, creating a patchwork of local paper that was technically only valid within the issuing town's commercial zone.
Roy & Valade in Amiens printed for several regional chambers during this period. The watermark security was modest but sufficient — counterfeiting low-denomination emergency scrip in wartime France was hardly worth the effort.