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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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| Reference(s) | JP#6- 44/48 |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRES DE COMMERCE D'ALENÇON ET DE FLERS, ORNE UN FRANC ÉCHANGEABLE contre des billets de la BANQUE DE FRANCE Délibération du 10 Août 1915 Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce d'Alençon Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce de Flers |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue on light blue paper, the reverse is framed by a decorative border of stylised apple branches bearing fruit and leaves. The large numeral 1 appears vertically on both the left and right margins with the word FRANC below each, flanking a central text block containing the redemption clause. The issuer's name is set in a rectangular cartouche at the top, and the denomination UN FRANC appears in a panel at the foot. |
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The Chambres de Commerce d'Alençon et de Flers issued these small-denomination emergency notes in 1915 because the wartime hoarding of coins had effectively stripped Normandy's market towns of usable small change. The joint issuance by two chambers — Alençon in the Orne and Flers in what was then also Orne — was itself a practical arrangement, allowing shared production costs and broader local acceptance across both commercial territories.
The JP#6 series covers the considerable proliferation of French chambre de commerce emergency issues from this period; individual varieties within the 44/48 range are distinguished primarily by signature combinations and date sub-types.