Billet France 1 franc 1921 AU

The 1 franc note issued by the Chambre de Commerce de Mont-de-Marsan in 1921 belongs to the category of local monetary issues known as the Émission de la Paix (Peace Issue). It is rooted in a particular historical context — the post-World War I period — during which many French chambers of commerce were authorised to issue their own fiduciary currency in order to offset the shortage of metallic coinage that had afflicted France since the outbreak of the conflict.

This note bears series 188, a detail that allows precise identification of its issue batch within the overall production of the Chambre de Commerce de Mont-de-Marsan. These series numbers are now considered essential elements for collectors and researchers wishing to distinguish between the different variants of a given issue.

Mont-de-Marsan, the prefecture of the Landes department, had a chamber of commerce that was actively involved in local economic management, and its participation in the issuance of emergency currency reflects the central role played by such institutions in stabilising regional trade in the aftermath of the war.

This type of emergency banknote, issued between the end of the conflict and the early 1920s, is referred to by numismatists under the generic term emergency currency or local paper money. The designation Émission de la Paix distinguishes these issues from those produced during the war years, often grouped under the name Émission de Guerre (War Issue). The monetary unit used is the French franc, the official currency of the French Republic at that time.

 

 

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