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5 Marks type 1947
| Issuer | French Treasury |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 82 × 52 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 | 5 SARRE 1947 CINQ MARK |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 | 5 SAAR 1947 FÜNF MARK LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES PEINES PREVUES PAR LA LOI. DER NACHDRUCK WIRD MIT DEN DURCH DAS GESETZ VERFUGTEN STRAFEN BESTRAFT. |
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After World War II, France administered a zone of occupation in western Germany and needed small-denomination currency to function independently of the Allied Military Mark. These Marks, printed in Paris by the Imprimerie du Timbre — better known for postage stamps than banknotes — were issued under French authority rather than any German institution, a distinction that mattered considerably to Bonn when the question of monetary unification arose in 1948.
The engraving team is notable: Deloche and Bornet both worked extensively on French postage stamps, which accounts for the almost philatelic precision of the intaglio work on this small note.