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5 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss Lörrach (District Committee of Lörrach) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light blue underprint with vertical side panels carrying the bold letterpress inscription KRIEGSGELD frames a central Art Nouveau lithographic vignette in which two female figures in traditional Black Forest costume hold a large floral wreath encircling the large numeral '5', flanked by two heraldic shields including the Lörrach district coat of arms. The lower register, printed on an olive-green ground, bears the issuing authority text, series designation, and validity date. A red serial number and two manuscript signatures appear within this lower panel. |
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| Reverse description | Pale mint-green underprint overlaid with a fine floral guilloche pattern across the entire field; the upper register carries the denomination and title in bold letterpress between small ornamental vignettes. A panoramic line-engraved townscape spanning the full width of the note illustrates steepled buildings set against the Black Forest mountain range. Issuing authority text and date appear in block capitals in the lower-right panel, while a rectangular cartouche at lower left repeats the validity date. |
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Lörrach sits in the extreme southwest corner of Baden, hard against the Swiss border, and by late 1918 the district committee was issuing notgeld not as a novelty but out of genuine necessity — the wartime coinage shortage had stripped small denomination metal from everyday commerce almost entirely. This 5 Mark note sits at the upper end of what district-level bodies were typically authorized to circulate, reflecting how badly the normal monetary supply had broken down in the final weeks of the war.
Baden notgeld from this period was rarely redeemed through official channels after the armistice. Many issues were simply absorbed into the inflationary spiral that followed, never formally cancelled.