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2 Francs - Ville et Chambre de Commerce d'Abbeville [80]
| Issuer | Ville d'Abbeville et Chambre de Commerce de l'Arrondissement d'Abbeville |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 | 2 VILLE D'ABBEVILLE ART. 4. - La Banque de France recevra le dépôt des bons divisionnaires dont elle veut bien assurer l'échange. ART. 5. - La Banque de France ne délivrera pas de bons divisionnaires pour une somme inférieure à vingt francs. En attendant la liquidation définitive, tout porteur de bons ne pourra en exiger le remboursement à vue que lorsqu'il en présentera au moins pour cinquante francs. ART. 7. - La contre-valeur des bons divisionnaires non présentés à l'échange dans les trois mois qui suivront la date de l'arrêté de liquidation sera déposée à la Caisse municipale. La Caisse municipale sera tenue au remboursement de ces bons pendant cinq ans ; passé ce délai, les porteurs seront déchus de tous leurs droits. CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE L'ARRONDISSEMENT D'ABBEVILLE 2 | 2 |
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Abbeville's Chamber of Commerce emergency notes were a direct consequence of the wartime coin shortage that plagued France from 1914 onward — a crisis the Banque de France proved too slow to address locally, pushing hundreds of municipal and commercial bodies to issue their own small-denomination paper. By 1920, most of these chambres de commerce were already winding down their emergency issues; Abbeville was among the later holdouts.
Imprimerie Chaix had a long sideline in this kind of provincial fiduciary work, fitting the job between railway timetables and theatrical programs — its bread-and-butter trade.