Catalog
2 Francs
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown intaglio print on orange and green guilloche underprint. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg coat of arms is rendered in the background, with a red official seal placed at the lower left. Text and denomination numerals are arranged in a formal letterpress layout consistent with wartime emergency issue practice. |
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| Reverse lettering | Grossherzoglich Luxemburgischer Staat Kassenschein auf den Inhaber Gesetz vom 28. November 1914 - Großhz. Beschluß vom 11. Dezember 1918 Zwei Franken (Translation: Grand Ducal Luxembourg State Cash Voucher To bearer Law of November 28, 1914 - Grand-Ducal Decree of December 11, 1918 Two Francs) |
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Luxembourg's 1919 small-denomination paper issues were a direct consequence of the monetary rupture following World War One. The Grand Duchy had used German marks during the occupation, and the new franc-based emergency notes were rushed into circulation to replace them while a proper monetary arrangement with Belgium was being negotiated — a process that eventually produced the 1921 Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union.
The choice of Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig is notable: a German printer producing Luxembourg's post-occupation currency within months of the Armistice, at a moment when German commercial relationships in the region were anything but settled.