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1 Franc - Chambres de Commerce de Bordeaux
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A ship's prow, richly ornamented with a head of Mercury at its figurehead, carries symbolic attributes including an anchor, an amphora, and an anvil with hammer — emblems of commerce, maritime trade, and industry. A flock of birds in flight appears before the bow, set against a plain ground. The composition is rendered in a refined Art Nouveau illustrative style by F.-M. Roganeau. |
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| Reverse lettering | C.C.B le Trésorier le Président 1Fr GARUMNA 1Fr QUO NON HAC DUCE EMISSION EN 1921 DE BONS REMBOURSABLES A TOUTE EPOQUE MAIS AVANT LE 31 Dec 1926. PAR LES CAISSES PUBLIQUES DE LA CIRCONSCRIPTION ET A LA BANQUE DE FRANCE A BORDEAUX LA CONTRE VALEUR DE CES BONS EST DÉPOSÉE AU TRÉSOR PUBLIC. F.M. ROGANEAU INV ET DEL WETTERWALD FRERES IMP |
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Bordeaux's Chamber of Commerce issued this note as part of a nationwide wave of emergency small-denomination paper that flooded France after wartime hoarding stripped coins from everyday commerce. The problem persisted well into the early 1920s, which is why a note dated 1921 still carries that wartime-emergency logic. Wetterwald Frères was a local Bordeaux printer, which kept production close to the issuing authority — unusual for notes of this type, which were often farmed out to Paris houses.
Roganeau was primarily a painter and decorator, not a professional banknote engraver. His involvement gives this series a distinctly artistic character uncommon in Chamber of Commerce issues.