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1 Franc - Ville et Chambre de Commerce de Rouen 76
| Issuer | Ville de Rouen et Chambre de Commerce de Rouen |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLE DE ROUEN CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE ROUEN UN FRANC 1916 Émission approuvée par l'Administration Supérieure Émission faite sous la garantie de la Ville et de la Chambre de Commerce Le Maire. Le Président. N° 243,641 IMP. RICHARD PARIS |
| Reverse description | Plain pale paper reverse printed entirely in black letterpress with four numbered articles setting out the conditions of issue and redemption of the divisionary bons, as authorised by the deliberation of the Municipal Council and the Chambre de Commerce of 17 August 1914. The text is arranged in justified paragraphs with article headings in small capitals. A stamp impression reading 'CAEN' is visible at lower centre. |
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The joint municipal and chamber of commerce issues from Rouen in 1916 belong to the vast wave of emergency small-denomination notes that flooded France after the wartime coin shortage became acute — bronze and nickel had been diverted for munitions production, and the Banque de France refused to print below 5 francs. Hundreds of local authorities stepped into the gap, each responsible for their own redemption guarantees.
Rouen's issues carry a watermark, which was not universal among French emergency notes of this period — many competing issues were printed on plain stock with no security provision whatsoever. The four JP reference numbers for this single denomination suggest multiple printings or serial variants across the series run.