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5 Mark Staatskassenschein
| Issuer | Herzoglich Braunschweig-Lüneburgisches Finanzkollegium, Abteilung für Leihaussachen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 3#059.01a |
| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue and light blue on firm Greenwich watermarked paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of the ducal crown above a heraldic shield underprint, with the issuer's name and denomination in bold Gothic blackletter script. Denomination panels reading '5 Mark' appear at upper left and right within teal-tinted cartouches, flanked by vertical guilloche bars. A red perforated cancellation reading 'NICHT GÜLTIG' is applied across the note, with a vertical red overprint 'A.S.R.BR' (Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat Braunschweig) and a six-digit red serial number along the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | HERZOGL.BRAUNSCHWEIG-LÜNEBURGISCHES FINANZKOLLEGIUM ABTEILUNG FÜR LEIHAUSSACHEN Herzogl.Braunschw. Staatskassenschein FÜNF MARK Braunschweig, 15. Oktober 1918 Perforated: NICHT GÜLTIG Overprint: A.S.R.BR (Arbeiter- und Soldatenrat Braunschweig) Serial number: red, 6 digits |
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The Duchy of Brunswick had been without a reigning duke since 1884, when the Hanoverian succession dispute left the throne vacant and the state governed by Prussian-appointed regents. By 1918, that same administration was scrambling to issue emergency currency as the imperial financial system buckled under wartime strain. The Finanzkollegium's Leihaussachen division — essentially a pawnbroking and loan office — was an unusual vehicle for currency issuance, reflecting how far outside normal banking channels these Notgeld emissions were pushed.
The watermarked paper distinguishes this from the purely utilitarian cardboard Notgeld flooding Germany at the same moment.