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2 francs - Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer [62] avec valeur en violet dans les coins inférieurs, 14/8/1914-7/7/1916
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Boulogne-sur-Mer |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface letterpress note printed in blue-violet on pale green paper, enclosed within a fine dotted border and an outer guilloche frame. At the top centre, an oval vignette presents an allegorical figure with maritime attributes, flanked by the issuer's title in bold capitals across the full width. The denomination DEUX FRANCS is set in large bold type at centre, with two oval side panels bearing anti-counterfeiting and authorisation texts, and the numeral 2 printed in large violet type at each lower corner alongside the serial number and series letter. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE BOULOGNE-SUR-MER Délibérations de la Chambre du 14 Août 1914 et du 7 Juillet 1916 DEUX FRANCS Emissions de bons de monnaie divisionnaire autorisées par décision de M. le Ministre du Commerce en date du 20 août 1914 Toute imitation frauduleuse des bons de monnaie émis par la Chambre de Commerce sera poursuivie en vertu de la loi Le Trésorier Le Président de la Chambre de Commerce 2 428901 A 1 |
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The Chambres de Commerce emergency notes of August 1914 are among the most historically loaded pieces in French notaphily. When the Banque de France suspended convertibility on August 5th and coin immediately vanished from circulation, local chambers across northern France scrambled to fill the void within days — Boulogne-sur-Mer among the first, given its role as a major Channel port under immediate wartime pressure.
The violet corner values distinguish this from earlier printings in the JP#31 series, a detail that matters for attribution. The issue window running through July 1916 reflects how long the emergency dragged before proper wartime monetary infrastructure caught up.