5 Mark Emergency Issue - WWI

Issuer	Internationale Bank in Luxemburg
Year	1914
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Currency	Mark (1900-1918)
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Obverse description	Dark-blue letterpress text printed over a light-green guilloche underprint, framed by an ornate foliate border. The issuer's name appears in large display type at the head of the note, followed by the promise-to-pay legend and the denomination in bold gothic script. Three manuscript signature lines in the lower portion are attributed to the Grand Ducal Commissioner, the Bank Directorate, and the Control Officer respectively, with an anti-counterfeiting warning at lower right and the place and date of issue centered below the main text.
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Reverse description	Plain black letterpress print on unprinted paper, enclosed within a dotted geometric border with the numeral 5 repeated in each corner. To the left of centre, a circular governmental seal bears the Arms of Luxembourg surmounted by a crown, with a legend running around the circumference. To the right, the denomination is set within a diamond-dotted rectangular frame, with the issuer's name printed above and below.
Reverse lettering	INTERNATIONALE BANK 5 MARK IN LUXEMBURG · GRAND-DUCHÉ DE LUXEMBOURG · GOUVERNEMENT (Translation: International Bank 5 Mark in Luxembourg · Grand Duchy of Luxembourg · Government)
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