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10 Mark
| Issuer | Grossherzoglich Luxemburgische National Bank |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Value | 10 Marks |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE GROSSHERZOGLICH LUXEMBURGISCHE NATIONAL BANK zahlt gegen diese Note ZEHN MARK IN BAAREM GELDE. Luxemburg, den 25. März 1876. Der Präsident / Der Regierungskommissar / Die Direction Art. 14 des Gesetzes vom 16. Mai 1873. Die Regierung ist befugt, die Noten der Nationalbank zur Zahlung in den Kassen des Staats zuzulassen. (Translation: The Grand Ducal Luxembourg National Bank pays against this note Ten Marks in cash money. Luxembourg, 25 March 1876.) |
| Reverse description | Green letterpress print with an intricate network of guilloche patterns and geometric lathe-work filling the entire field. Two female allegorical heads appear within the ornamental design, and the denomination numeral 10 is repeated in the corners within guilloche frames. |
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The Grossherzoglich Luxemburgische National Bank had a brief and somewhat troubled existence — it was established in 1856 and lost its note-issuing privilege in 1873 when the International Bank of Luxembourg took over, yet notes from the earlier series continued circulating into the late 1870s. This 10 Mark piece sits in that awkward transitional window, denominated in Mark rather than Francs at a time when Luxembourg's monetary alignment was shifting between German and Belgian spheres following the 1867 Treaty of London.
Pick 19 is among the rarer survivors from this institution. Very few notes of any denomination from this bank are documented in collections today.