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2 Francs - Chambre de Commerce de la Roche-sur-Yon et de la Vendée [85]
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de la Roche-sur-Yon et de la Vendée |
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| Year | 1915-1922 |
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| Currency | Franc (1795-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress border with foliate ornament enclosing the central design. The municipal coat of arms of La Roche-sur-Yon, flanked by the initials RF (République Française), appears at the top. Two pastoral vignettes occupy the lateral fields: at left, a sower casting grain across a field; at right, a farmer raking hay beside a cow. A dense 24-line underprint reading CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE LA ROCHE-SUR-YON & DE LA VENDÉE fills the background, with all principal inscriptions, series letter, and numbering contained within a ruled rectangle at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Green ornate border with guilloche decoration frames the reverse, which is dominated by a lengthy legal text setting out the conditions of redemption and guarantee. A foliate ornament surrounds the issue date inscribed at the foot of the note. |
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French chambres de commerce were authorized to issue emergency small-denomination notes from August 1914 onward, filling the vacuum left when the public immediately began hoarding coin at the outbreak of war. La Roche-sur-Yon's chamber issued across an unusually long window — the JP references here span multiple date variants and authorization renewals, reflecting how the postwar coin shortage dragged well into the early 1920s rather than resolving cleanly at Armistice.
Beuchet & Vanden Brugge's Nantes press handled a significant share of regional Vendée emergency paper. The watermarked stock was a minimal but deliberate deterrent against the local counterfeiting that plagued several comparable provincial issues in the Loire region during this period.