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1 Franc - Chambres de commerce d'Alençon et de Flers [61]
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce d'Alençon et de Flers |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE D'ALENÇON ET DE FLERS, ORNE, Ce Billet est délivré et échangé contre des Billets de la Banque de France à ses Succursales d'Alençon ou de Flers et devra sous peine de prescription y être présenté au remboursement avant le 31 Décembre 1917, UN FRANC |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The joint chamber of commerce notes issued by Alençon and Flers were a direct product of the acute small-change shortage that gripped France in the opening months of the First World War, when the public hoarded coins and the banking system struggled to keep petty transactions functioning. Chambers of commerce across France were authorized by the government in 1914–15 to issue emergency fractional notes, and this 1 Franc piece is among the more obscure of that proliferation — the pairing of Alençon with Flers, two Norman commercial centers in the Orne department, was administratively logical but produced a relatively low-circulation instrument.
The JP reference spans multiple catalog numbers, reflecting the several date and typographic variants documented within the series.