Catalog
1000 Francs Bon de Caisse
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) |
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| Year | 1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Brown and green on multicolour underprint. The reverse is dominated by dense guilloche patterns arranged in a symmetrical composition, with a small round coat of arms of Luxembourg at bottom centre. The denomination "1000" appears in an ornate cartouche at right, and the full-field underprint repeats the intricate lacework characteristic of the obverse, with the German-language legends printed across the upper and central areas. |
| Reverse lettering | Grossherzoglich Luxemburgischer Staat Kassenschein auf den Inhaber Tausend Franken 1000 (Translation: State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Cash Voucher To Bearer One Thousand Francs) |
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Luxembourg's 1939 Bons de Caisse series was printed in Leipzig by Giesecke & Devrient — a fact that became acutely uncomfortable less than a year later when German forces occupied the Grand Duchy in May 1940. Notes produced by a Reich-based printer were suddenly circulating under occupation, a bureaucratic irony the Luxembourg government-in-exile could do little about.
The 1000 Francs is the highest denomination in the series and was rendered obsolete when the Belgian franc was formally tied to Luxembourg's currency under postwar monetary arrangements. Pick 40 survivors in any grade are genuinely scarce; the denomination saw real use before redemption.