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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 Mark Gutschein der Stadt Düsseldorf |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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German municipal authorities gained emergency currency-issuing powers during World War One as the Reichsbank struggled to maintain adequate small denomination circulation — coins had largely disappeared into hoarding and metal drives by 1916. Düsseldorf was among hundreds of cities that stepped into that vacuum with their own Notgeld, though the 5 Mark denomination sits at the upper end of what most municipalities typically issued, most having stopped at 1 or 2 Mark.
The guilloche underprint was a nod toward anti-counterfeiting discipline that many smaller issuers skipped entirely. By late 1918, the issuing authority itself was weeks away from operating under a collapsed imperial government.