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1 Franc - Chambre de Commerce et Ville d'Orléans 45
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce et Ville d'Orléans |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1916 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET VILLE D'ORLÉANS 2e ÉMISSION No UN FRANC VILLE D'ORLÉANS 2 AVRIL 1916 Imp. Aug. GOUT & Cie ORLÉANS |
| Reverse description | The reverse, entirely in green on cream paper, carries a dense rococo-style ornamental border with floral and scroll motifs at all four corners and a large diagonal guilloche watermark-style underprint reading CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DU LOIRET across the field. The denomination UN FRANC is set in large bold letterpress at the centre, flanked by two columns of small-print legal text in French guaranteeing redemption at the Banque de France branch in Orléans, with the numeral value 1 fr. enclosed in an oval cartouche at the lower centre. |
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French chambers of commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes in 1914 specifically because the outbreak of war caused an immediate hoarding crisis — coins vanished from circulation almost overnight as the public stockpiled metal. The Orléans chamber was among dozens across France that stepped in to fill the void, printing locally what the Banque de France could not supply fast enough in small denominations.
Auguste Goût et Cie printed this in the city where it circulated, an unusual degree of local self-sufficiency. The JP#95 reference covers four distinct varieties across this single denomination, distinguished by serial number ranges and minor typographic differences.