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2 francs - Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer [62]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 2 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER Délibération de la Chambre du 14 Août 1914 2 DEUX FRANCS Le Trésorier Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce N 040,402 SOCIETE TYPO - LITHO. BOULOGNE |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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When the French Treasury effectively froze coin circulation in August 1914 — hoarding accelerated the moment mobilization orders went up — local chambers of commerce across northern France scrambled to fill the resulting small-change vacuum. Boulogne's chamber was among the earliest to act, commissioning emergency fractional notes from a local press rather than waiting for any central authorization that was slow to come.
The JP#31.7 à 10 grouping covers four distinct signature combinations on otherwise identical notes — a detail that trips up collectors who assume the issue is simpler than it is. The watermark, unusual for a provincial commercial emergency issue of this period, likely reflects Société Typo-Litho working with whatever security stock they had already sourced.