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2 Francs - Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux 33
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Bordeaux |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Blue letterpress note with a dense geometric guilloche framework forming a stepped rectangular border, the entire field covered by a repeating microtext underprint reading CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BORDEAUX. Two circular medallions at left and right each contain a stylised numeral. The redemption text is set in three centred lines below the denomination cartouche, which carries the inscription UN FRANC within an arched panel. |
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| Protection description | Bees |
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The Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce began issuing these small-denomination emergency notes in 1914 when the mobilization crisis drained metallic coinage from circulation almost overnight. By 1917 the practice was well-established across French provincial chambers, but Bordeaux was among the more prolific issuers, producing multiple type variants across several denominations through Gounouilhou — a long-established Bordeaux printing house better known for newspaper work than financial instruments.
The JP#30-17/18/19 grouping covers distinct watermark and serial variants within the same year, which complicates attribution and makes type identification essential before cataloging condition.