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2 Francs
| Issuer | État du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 110 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Bon de Caisse au porteur Loi du 28 novembre 1914 - Arrêté g.-d. du 11 décembre 1918 2 Deux Francs 2 Le Directeur général des Finances Le Délégue du Gouvernment Ceux qui auront contrefait ou falsifié des Bons de caisse seront punis des travaux forcés de 15 à 20 ans. (Translation: State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Cash Voucher To bearer Law of November 28, 1914 - Grand-Ducal Decree of December 11, 1918 Two Francs The Director-General of Finances / The Government Delegate Those who have counterfeited or falsified Cash Vouchers will be punished with forced labor for 15 to 20 years.) |
| Reverse description | Dark brown print on orange and green guilloche underprint, mirroring the obverse colour scheme. The design is composed of interlocking geometric patterns forming a guilloche background, with the denomination numeral repeated prominently in the central field as a large counter. |
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Luxembourg's 1919 small-denomination paper issues were a direct consequence of the monetary rupture following World War One. The Grand Duchy had used German marks during the occupation, and the new franc-based emergency notes were rushed into circulation to replace them while a proper monetary arrangement with Belgium was being negotiated — a process that eventually produced the 1921 Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union.
The choice of Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig is notable: a German printer producing Luxembourg's post-occupation currency within months of the Armistice, at a moment when German commercial relationships in the region were anything but settled.