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2 Francs - Chambres de Commerce de Quimper et de Brest [29]
| Issuer | Chambres de Commerce de Quimper et de Brest |
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| Year | 1915-1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red letterpress note with a decorative guilloche border and rope-column vignettes at each lateral edge. The upper centre displays two heraldic shields — those of Quimper and Brest — surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by laurel branches. The denomination BON DE DEUX FRANCS is printed in large bold type across the centre, with serial number panels at left and right and the year cartouche at the foot; two manuscript facsimile signatures of the respective Chamber presidents appear below the authority inscription. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a simple dotted and ruled rectangular border, the corners ornamented with stylised floral rosettes. The entire field is occupied by a lengthy legal text in cursive script setting out the joint liability of the two Chambers and the conditions of redemption and territorial validity of the notes. |
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The joint chamber of commerce arrangement between Quimper and Brest was itself unusual — most French departmental emergency issues during the First World War were organized around a single chamber, but the two Finistère cities pooled their authority, producing a shared series that ran well past the Armistice and into the early 1920s. The multiple JP reference variants indicate successive emissions rather than one continuous print run, reflecting the persistent shortage of small change that lingered long after the war itself ended.
Oberthur in Rennes was the logical choice — geographically close to Finistère and already the dominant printer of French regional emergency currency during this period.