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20 Mark
| Issuer | Landesbank des Fürstentums Lippe, Detmold |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Nº 20832 Zwanzig Mark zahlt die Landesbank des Fürstentums Lippe in Detmold dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Detmold, den 13. November 1918. Fürstlich Lippische Regierung Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht bis spätestens 1. Februar 1919 zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on a light ground within a decorative floral border of stylised rosettes and interlaced ornament. The denomination "Zwanzig Mark" in bold blackletter type is centred at the top, flanked on each side by circular cartouches enclosing the numeral "20". A large central vignette presents the arms of the Principality of Lippe — a crowned heraldic shield supported by two figures — rendered as a lightly printed underprint in green. Below the arms, a two-line guarantee inscription in Fraktur states the liability of the Lippische Staat for redemption of the note. |
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The Landesbank des Fürstentums Lippe was the state bank of one of the smallest sovereign territories in the German Empire — the Principality of Lippe, with a population under 150,000 at the time of issue. Emergency paper money from this institution is uncommon precisely because Lippe had so little economic infrastructure of its own; most everyday commerce in the region was conducted using Reich-issued currency, leaving local notgeld issues with limited practical reach and short circulation windows.
The 1918 date places this firmly in the wartime fiscal strain that forced dozens of German state and municipal institutions to issue supplementary paper. Lippe's output was modest compared to larger states.