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5 Mark
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Value | 5 Deutsche Mark (5 DEM) |
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| Obverse description | Blue-tinted fantasy note with a central large numeral '5' over a guilloche underprint. A vignette to the right shows a seated female figure. The inscription 'Kindergeld' appears in bold letterpress at the left and again in large type along the bottom border, with serial number and facsimile signatures in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKNOTE Kinder- geld 5 fünf Kindergeld |
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The Federal Republic's earliest Mark issues were printed under Allied supervision before West Germany had fully reconstituted its own central banking authority — the Bank deutscher Länder preceded the Bundesbank, and notes from this transitional period reflect the institutional uncertainty of the occupation years. A 5 Mark note at 70 × 40 mm is notably small even by the standards of low-denomination postwar German paper, suggesting a deliberate material economy at a time when quality printing stock was not guaranteed.