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1 Franc Blue
| Issuer | Chambre de Commerce de Philippeville |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the note carries a central vignette of Hermes seated on an anvil and holding a caduceus at right, accompanied by a standing female figure grasping an anchor at left. Decorative columnar borders frame the design on both sides, with the chamber name in a scrollwork panel at top and the denomination in bold letterpress at centre. Black serial numbers are applied over the blue underprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE DE PHILIPPEVILLE Délibération du 24 Janvier 1922 Décision Gouvernementale du 18 Février 1922 UN FRANC ÉCHANGEABLE CONTRE DES BILLETS DE LA BANQUE D'ALGÉRIE |
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Philippeville's Chamber of Commerce — like dozens of similar bodies across French Algeria — began issuing emergency fractional notes during the First World War to combat the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage, and the practice simply continued into the early 1920s long after the emergency had passed. The Carbonel firm in Algiers was the dominant local printer for this class of note, handling Chamber issues from Bône, Constantine, and several other Algerian cities in the same period, which means design similarities across issuers are no accident.
These chambre de commerce bons were technically redeemable on demand but functionally circulated as local small change for years.