125 Francs

Issuer	État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg
Year	1919
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Obverse description	Lilac on red and green guilloche underprint. The centre field carries the Luxembourg Coat of Arms as a faint watermark-style vignette within an elaborate interlaced guilloche panel, flanked by the denomination numerals '125' in large dark red letterpress at left and right. The title 'ÉTAT DU GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG' and 'BON DE CAISSE' appear in bold display type across the upper portion, with the value spelled out in full as 'CENT VINGT-CINQ FRANCS' in large Gothic lettering below centre. A circular red official stamp appears at lower left, with two manuscript signatures at the foot corresponding to 'Le Directeur général des Finances' and 'Le Délégué du Gouvernement'. The entire design is enclosed within a decorative ornamental border.
Obverse lettering	ÉTAT DU GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG BON DE CAISSE 125 au porteur Loi du 28 novembre 1914 - Arrêté g.-d. du 11 décembre 1918 CENT VINGT-CINQ FRANCS Le Directeur général des Finances Le Délégué du Gouvernement Ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié des Bons de caisse seront punis des travaux forcés de 15 à 20 ans. (Translation: State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Cash Voucher to bearer Law of November 28, 1914 - Grand-Ducal Decree of December 11, 1918 One Hundred and Twenty-Five Francs The Director-General of Finances The Government Delegate Those who have counterfeited or falsified Cash Vouchers will be punished with forced labor for 15 to 20 years.)
Reverse description	Lilac on red and green guilloche underprint, the design being the German-language equivalent of the obverse. A large underprint numeral '125' in green occupies the central guilloche panel, with the denomination numerals '125' repeated in dark red at left and right. The heading 'Grossherzoglich Luxemburgischer Staat' and 'Kassenschein' appear in bold Gothic Fraktur script at the top, with the spelled-out value 'Hundert fünf und zwanzig Franken' in large Gothic type below centre. A circular red official stamp appears at lower left, with two manuscript signatures corresponding to 'Die General-Staatskasse' and 'Die Kontrolle'. The composition and ornamental border closely mirror the obverse layout.
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