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125 Francs / 100 Marks
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 155 × 100 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the lilac-on-red-and-green-underprint colour scheme of the obverse, with the numerical denomination rendered in large figures as the dominant background element within a guilloche framework. The German-language text is set in a formal typeface consistent with the bilingual nature of this wartime emergency issue, with the issuing authority inscription arranged across the upper register. |
| Reverse lettering | Großherzoglich Luxemburgischer Staat Kassenschein auf den Inhaber Gesetz vom 28. November 1914 Hundert fünf und zwanzig Franken gleich Hundert Mark Die General-Staatskasse |
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Germany occupied Luxembourg on August 2, 1914 — the first full day of its war mobilization. This dual-denomination note, expressed in both French francs and German marks at the fixed rate of 1.25:1, was issued under that occupation and reflects the immediate administrative imposition of the German monetary system onto a country whose franc had been tied to the Latin Monetary Union. Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig printed it, which required no logistical complexity given who was in charge.
The bilingual denomination is the telling detail. Luxembourg's franc didn't disappear; it was subordinated — priced against the mark in the typography itself.