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5 Francs / 4 Marks
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brownish purple intaglio print on lilac and green guilloche underprint. The centre carries bold Gothic-script text stating the denomination and dual-currency equivalence, surrounded by an intricate lace-like geometric frame with floral corner ornaments. A circular red official seal of the Grand Duchy appears at lower left, with two manuscript signatures below the central text and a counterfoil control signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Brownish purple on lilac and green guilloche underprint. The centre of the reverse carries a large numeral denomination value set within a multi-layered geometric guilloche pattern, framed by an ornate border with repeating floral and lace motifs consistent with the obverse design. |
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Luxembourg's dual-denomination note — face value in both francs and marks — reflects the peculiar monetary position the Grand Duchy occupied in August 1914. Formally within the Latin Monetary Union and using the Luxembourg franc, it simultaneously maintained close economic ties to Germany; when German troops occupied Luxembourg within days of the war's outbreak, the need for a currency acceptable under both systems became immediately practical.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig plant produced this note for the occupying situation — the irony being that a German printer supplied the instrument by which Luxembourg nominally maintained its own state finances under German occupation.