50 Francs

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— part of a broader Allied effort to pre-position legal tender for rapid deployment once occupation currencies were withdrawn.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.