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20 Francs
| Issuer | Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 20 Francs (20 LUF) |
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| Obverse lettering | Letzeburg 20 20 Zwanzeg Frang 1943 20 20 |
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| Reverse lettering | Zwanzeg Frang Grand-Duche De Luxembourg 20 20 20 |
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Waterlow & Sons printed this note in London during the German occupation of Luxembourg — a remarkable logistical fact in itself. The Grand Duchy's government-in-exile authorized the issue from London while the Reich Commissariat administered the territory, meaning these notes were prepared for a liberation that hadn't yet happened.
The series was part of a broader Allied currency preparation effort timed for post-liberation monetary stabilization. Notes printed under these circumstances frequently show uneven distribution across surviving populations, with some denominations far scarcer than their print runs suggest.