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2 Mark Emergency Issue - WWI
| Uitgever | Internationale Bank in Luxemburg |
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| Jaar | 1914 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Mark (1900-1918) |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
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| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | 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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| Opschrift keerzijde | Internationale Bank 2 MARK in Luxemburg GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG GOUVERNEMENT (Translation: International Bank 2 Mark in Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Government) |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
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.