Germany 1914 - 5 Mark - No P.7622121 - VF

Emperor: Wilhelm II (1888-1918)

Currency: Mark (1873-1923)

       Size: 125 × 80 mm

Obverse: Black print on gray and yellow underprint - Underprint includes the Reichsadler (Imperial eagle) coat of arms - ‘Darlehnskassenschein - Fünf Mark - Berlin, den 5. August 1914 - Reichsschuldenverwaltung - Wer Darlehenskassenscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft’

Translation: Loan receipt Five Marks Berlin, the 5th of August 1914 Reichs Debt Administration - Whosoever copies or falsifies loan receipts or acquires and puts copied or falsified notes into circulation will be punished with no less than two years of prison time.

Reverse: Blue print on gray underprint - Darlehnskassenschein Fünf Mark 5

Translation: Loan receipt Five Marks

Watermark: This note is printed on watermarked paper. It shows the note's denomination.

References: P# 47b

„Darlehenskassenscheine“ were banknotes issued between 1914 and 1922 by the Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Reich debt administration). They were in use until the hyperinflation in 1923.

These banknotes were not legal tender, however they had to be accepted by all public treasuries. Their value was guaranteed by loans on industrial and agricultural goods. Even without the status as legal tender Darlehenskassenscheine were a de facto currency widely used as a parallel currency to the Goldmark during WWI and the beginning of the Weimar Republic.