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5 Francs
| Issuer | Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Franc (1854-2001) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown and red on a light ground, with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire note. At the top, a curved inscription reads 'Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg' above the denomination title 'Bon de Caisse au porteur', followed by the legal reference 'Loi du 28 nov. 1914 – Arrêté g.-d. du 11 déc. 1918'. The denomination '5 Cinq Francs 5' is set in bold letterpress in the centre, flanked by the Grand Ducal arms at lower left; the signature lines of 'Le Directeur Général des Finances' and 'Le Délégué du Gouvernement' appear below, with the serial number printed in red, and a penalty clause in small text along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse mirrors the obverse in design idiom, printed in dark brown on a light guilloche ground with a matching ornate border. The heading in Gothic script reads 'Grossherzoglich Luxemburgischer Staat' above 'Kassenschein auf den Inhaber', with the legal reference 'Gesetz v. 28. Nov. 1914 – Grh. Beschluß v. 11. Dez. 1918'. The value '5 Fünf Franken 5' appears in large bold type at centre, with the Grand Ducal arms at lower left; the serial number is printed in red at right, signature lines for 'Die General-Staatskasse' and 'Die Kontrolle' are placed below, and the printer's imprint 'GIESECKE & DEVRIENT' appears at the lower right margin above a penalty clause in German. |
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Luxembourg's 1918 5 Francs note occupies a peculiar position: it was issued by a government whose territory was under German military occupation, yet printed by Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig. The Grand Duchy had retained its own civil administration under occupation, and the continued issuance of state notes was part of that administrative fiction — Luxembourg francs circulating alongside German marks in the same economy.
G&D's involvement was entirely a function of wartime geography. Leipzig was accessible; Paris was not.