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2 Mark Emergency Issue - WWI
| Issuer | Internationale Bank in Luxemburg |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress print on a yellow-brown geometric underprint, with the bank title 'Die Internationale Bank in Luxemburg' in large Gothic script across the top. The denomination 'Zwei Mark' appears in bold at centre, flanked by two serial numbers, above the text 'Deutsche Reichswährung' and the issue date 'Luxemburg, den 5. August 1914.' The lower portion bears three manuscript signatures alongside printed designations for the Grand Ducal Commissioner, the Bank Directorate, and the Control Officer, with an anti-counterfeiting notice at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Internationale Bank in Luxemburg zahlt dem Inhaber dieser Banknote ZWEI 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 TWO 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.) |
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Internationale Bank in Luxemburg issued this emergency note in the opening weeks of World War One, when German occupation of the Grand Duchy disrupted normal monetary circulation almost overnight. The German military administration's arrival in August 1914 effectively froze existing banking operations, and local institutions scrambled to produce fractional currency to keep commerce functioning at a basic level.
The Internationale Bank was one of several Luxembourg institutions forced into emergency issuance during this period. Notes like this one circulated alongside German military currency and regular Belgian and Luxembourgish coinage that was rapidly disappearing from daily trade through hoarding.