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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Darmstadt (City of Darmstadt) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue-grey on a salmon-pink guilloche underprint repeating the text 'DARMSTADT 1918' across the entire field. The denomination 'Fünf Mark' is rendered in large blackletter script at centre, below the issuing authority 'Stadt Darmstadt' at the top in ornamental lettering. At centre-lower appears the crowned heraldic lion and fleur-de-lis coat of arms of Darmstadt, flanked by the payment clause, the date 'den 1. Oktober 1918', the designation 'Der Oberbürgermeister', and a manuscript signature; numeral '5' cornerpieces with decorative geometric fillets frame the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red-brown on a dense guilloche underprint of repeated 'STADT DARMSTADT 1918' cartouches and city arms. At centre, an oval vignette presents a letterpress view of the Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (main railway station), enclosed within a curved banner bearing the motto 'Geboren in schwerer Stunde' above and 'Kehr zurück mit froher Kunde' below. The denomination '5 Mark' appears in blackletter at left and right of the vignette, and a legal warning against counterfeiting occupies a cartouche at the lower margin, all enclosed within a floral and geometric border. |
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| Protection description | Dense repetitive text underprint on both sides bearing 'STADT DARMSTADT 1918' and city arms motifs, serving as an anti-counterfeiting background pattern. |
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