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2 francs - Chambre de Commerce de Bergerac [24]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bergerac |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BERGERAC | 2 DEUX FRANCS 2 | LE PRÉSIDENT | LE TRÉSORIER | 5 OCTOBRE 1914 |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in purple on pale paper, the reverse presents a multi-line redemption text in the central field, enclosed within a double-rule border with decorative corner elements incorporating the numeral 2 in ornate circular panels at each corner. The lower portion bears a crowned heraldic vignette of the arms of Bergerac, flanked by oak and foliage sprays, with the printer's imprint along the lower margin. |
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Bergerac's Chamber of Commerce began issuing emergency fractional notes in late 1914 as the mobilization drained coin from circulation almost overnight. The Banque de France could not keep pace with demand for small change, and chambers of commerce across the Dordogne and neighboring departments stepped in under emergency authorization — a stopgap that ended up lasting years longer than anyone anticipated.
Printed by Pierre Dumont in Limoges, a house that supplied several southwestern chambers during this period. The watermark security was modest by any measure, but counterfeiting these low-denomination locals was rarely worth the effort.