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5 Mark Emergency Issue - WWI
| Issuer | Internationale Bank in Luxemburg |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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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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Internationale Bank in Luxemburg occupied an unusual position in August 1914: a private commercial bank in a nominally neutral Grand Duchy, suddenly overrun by German forces and pressed into issuing emergency currency to prevent a total collapse of local commerce. The German military administration needed small-denomination notes in circulation immediately, and the existing stock of Reichsmarks was insufficient to cover daily transactions.
Pick 8 is one of several denominations the bank produced under these constrained wartime conditions. Whether the notes were printed locally or sourced through German military channels remains imperfectly documented — the bank's own records from this period are fragmentary at best.