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1 Franc - Saint-Brieuc Chambre de Commerce des Côtes-du-Nord 22
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce des Côtes-du-Nord / Ville de Saint-Brieuc |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream-toned reverse, unprinted at the margins, bearing three justified paragraphs of letterpress text in French setting out the conditions of exchange and redemption of the note at the Saint-Brieuc branch of the Banque de France, all contained within a simple ruled rectangular frame. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Saint-Brieuc's Chambre de Commerce began issuing these emergency fractional notes in 1917–1918 as the wartime coin shortage stripped everyday transactions of their small change. French chambers of commerce across the country were granted emergency authority to issue local necessity currency — the Banque de France simply could not keep token coinage in circulation fast enough. Oberthur in Rennes, the dominant printer for such regional issues across Brittany and Normandy, handled the production.
The JP reference spanning multiple suffix numbers reflects the number of distinct date or series variants within this single face value — an unusually large family for a single-franc issue from one chamber.