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2 Francs - Chambre de Commerce de Nancy
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Nancy |
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| Year | 1918-1922 |
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| Printer | Imprimeries Réunies de Nancy, France |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-orange and red letterpress note with a decorative guilloche border enclosing floral and foliate ornamental bands. The city arms of Nancy appear as a vignette at top centre, flanked by the issuer's title 'CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE NANCY' in bold serif lettering. The denomination 'DEUX FRANCS' is set in large white letters within a prominent red oval cartouche at centre, below which the series letter and serial number are printed, with manuscript signature spaces for Le Président at left and Le Trésorier at right. Monogram medallions in black occupy each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple and ochre on cream paper, the reverse carries a multi-line redemption text within a plain typeset layout at centre, surrounded by a continuous decorative border of floral guilloche work with stylised leaf corner ornaments. The numeral '2' appears as a large pale underprint at the centre of the field. The printer's imprint 'IMPRIMERIES RÉUNIES DE NANCY' is set in small capitals along the lower margin. |
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Emergency chamber of commerce notes like this one proliferated across France during and after the First World War when the Banque de France could not supply small denomination coinage fast enough to meet daily commercial demand. The Nancy chamber issued its own fractional currency under authorization from the French government, a system that produced dozens of locally distinct types across the country between roughly 1914 and the early 1920s.
The Imprimeries Réunies de Nancy printed this series locally — notable given that Nancy had been within German artillery range for much of the war, the front passing through Lorraine just kilometers to the east.