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50 Francs
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, New Malden, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of Vianden Castle at lower centre, rendered in green tones. A guilloche overprint has been applied over the lower portion to obscure the original German-language text present on the underlying note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Luxembourg's Liberation issue, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson in England and ready for distribution following the Allied advance in September 1944. The Grand Duchy had been under German occupation since May 1940, during which the Reichsmark was imposed as the sole legal tender and all pre-war Luxembourg francs were withdrawn. This note was part of a broader monetary restoration effort coordinated before the liberation itself.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced several Allied government-in-exile and liberation series during the war years. Luxembourg's set is among the less-studied of these commissions.