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1 Franc - Ville et Chambre de Commerce d'Abbeville [80]
| Issuer | Ville d'Abbeville et Chambre de Commerce de l'Arrondissement d'Abbeville |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Franc |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 | 1 VILLE D`ABBEVILLE ART. 4. - La Banque de France reçevra le dépôt des bons divisionnaires dont elle veut bien assurer l`échange. ART. 5. - La Banque de France ne délivrera pas de bons divisionnaires pour une somme inférieure à 20 francs. En attendant la liquidation définitive, tout porteur de bons ne pourra en exiger le remboursement à vue que lorsqu`il en présentera au moins pour cinquante francs. ART. 7. - La contre-valeur des bons divisionnaires non présentés à l`échange dans les trois mois qui suivront la date de l`arrêté de liquidation sera déposée à la Caisse municipale. La Caisse municipale sera tenue au remboursement de ces bons pendant cinq ans ; passé ce délai, les porteurs seront déchus de leurs droits. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE L`ARRONDISSEMENT D`ABBEVILLE 1 | 1 |
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| Protection description | Without watermark |
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Abbeville's chamber of commerce nécessité notes were a direct consequence of the wartime small-change famine that gripped France after 1914, when hoarding stripped bronze and silver coins from circulation almost overnight. By 1920, when this franc was issued, the emergency had technically passed — yet dozens of provincial chambers were still printing their own paper because the Banque de France had not yet restored adequate low-denomination coin supply to the regions.
Imprimerie Chaix was the dominant French printer of this genre, responsible for a substantial portion of all departmental necessity issues. Léon Leclerc designed across multiple northern French chamber series during this period.