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1 Franc / 80 Pfennig
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Currency | Franc (1854-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on blue and orange guilloche underprint. The Grand Ducal coat of arms appears as a central vignette in the background, with a red seal at lower left. Bilingual text in French identifies this as a cash voucher issued under the law of 28 November 1914, with the denomination stated as one franc equivalent to eighty pfennig. |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress on blue and orange guilloche underprint. The reverse carries the German-language equivalent text, with the denomination numeral set within ornate geometric lathe-work patterns across the field. The overall design mirrors the restrained, utilitarian character of wartime emergency currency. |
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When German forces occupied Luxembourg in August 1914, the existing note supply became immediately inadequate. The État du Grand-Duché responded by issuing this emergency series, and the dual denomination — one franc and eighty pfennig simultaneously on the same note — was a direct concession to the occupation: the pfennig equivalent acknowledged the German monetary system now effectively running alongside Luxembourg's own.
Giesecke & Devrient had long-standing relationships with smaller European states for exactly this kind of urgent small-denomination work. The Leipzig connection here carries an uncomfortable irony: the note's printer was headquartered in the same country whose army had just crossed the border.