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50 Francs
| Issuer | Government of Luxembourg |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 50 Francs (50 LUF) |
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| Obverse lettering | LETZEBURG FOFZEG FRANC LE MINISTRE DES FINANCES CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ DES BILLETS DE BANQUE SERONT PUNIS DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ. (Translation: LUXEMBOURG FIFTY FRANCS THE MINISTER OF FINANCE THOSE WHO HAVE COUNTERFEITED OR FALSIFIED BANKNOTES WILL BE PUNISHED WITH LIFE IMPRISONMENT AT HARD LABOR.) |
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| Reverse lettering | FOFZEC FRANC 50 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND (Translation: FIFTY FRANCS BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO LD, NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND) |
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Printed in England while Luxembourg remained under German occupation, this note was prepared in anticipation of liberation — part of a broader Allied effort to pre-position legal tender for rapid deployment once occupation currencies were withdrawn. The timing was tight: Luxembourg was liberated in September 1944, and provisional notes like this one needed to be ready immediately to prevent economic chaos from a currency vacuum.
Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the series under wartime conditions, which occasionally introduced minor plate inconsistencies across the run. The watermark is the primary security feature — modest by peacetime standards, but adequate given the note's intended short operational life as a transitional instrument.