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1 Mark Emergency Issue - WWI
| Issuer | Internationale Bank in Luxemburg |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Internationale Bank in Luxemburg zahlt dem Inhaber dieser Banknote EINE MARK Deutsche Reichswährung Luxemburg, den 5. August 1914. Der Grossh. Commissar Die Bankdirektion Eingetragen Der Controllbeamte Nachahmung und Fälschung werden nach den bestehenden Gesetzen bestraft. (Translation: The International Bank in Luxembourg pays to the bearer of this banknote ONE MARK German Imperial Currency Luxembourg, 5 August 1914. The Grand Ducal Commissioner The Bank Directorate Registered The Control Officer Imitation and counterfeiting will be punished under existing laws.) |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a simple black letterpress layout enclosed within a dotted-line border, with the numeral '1' repeated in each corner. A circular official seal at left bears the crowned Arms of Luxembourg and the legend 'GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG · GOUVERNEMENT'. To the right, the denomination '1 MARK' is set within a diamond-pattern decorative frame, with the issuer name 'Internationale Bank in Luxemburg' printed above and below. |
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Internationale Bank in Luxemburg issued this 1 Mark emergency note in August 1914, within days of Germany's occupation of the Grand Duchy. The German military advance cut Luxembourg off from its normal financial networks almost immediately, and local institutions scrambled to produce emergency paper to prevent the collapse of everyday commerce. The Mark denomination — rather than the Luxembourg Franc — reflects the occupying power's monetary expectations from the outset.
The Internationale Bank was a relatively minor institution, and its wartime notgeld issues are among the rarer Luxembourg emergency pieces from this period.