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1 Franc - Chambres de Commerce de Cahors
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Cahors |
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| Year | 1917-1919 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is enclosed within a decorative border with guilloche elements; a central vignette presents a view of the city of Cahors flanked on each side by representations of a 50-centime Semeuse coin bearing a double date. The heading reads CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE CAHORS, with the denomination UN FRANC and republican motto LIBERTÉ - ÉGALITÉ - FRATERNITÉ inscribed within the design. Signature panels for the Treasurer and President appear at the lower portion, alongside the departmental designation LOT. |
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| Protection description | Bees. |
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Cahors issued its own fractional emergency notes during the coin shortage that gripped France throughout the First World War — a shortage so acute that hundreds of individual Chambres de Commerce across the country were authorized to produce their own low-denomination paper. The Limoges firm of Pierre Dumont handled a significant share of this regional work, and their output for Lot department issuers is well documented.
The JP#35-22/24 sequence covers three distinct dated varieties within the 1917–1919 window. Collectors should note that the watermark security feature — modest by any standard — was the primary distinguishing element separating these notes from outright forgeries, of which provincial wartime issues attracted more than a few.