Issuer    Germany (1871-1948) 
Issuing entity    Reichsschuldenverwaltung
Emperor    William II (1888-1918)
Type    Standard circulation banknotes
Year    1914
Value    50 Mark
Currency    Mark (1873-1923)
Composition    Paper
Size    150 × 100 mm
Shape    Rectangular
Obverse
Lettering:
Darlehenskassenschein
Funfzig Mark
Berlin, den 5. August 1914.
Reichschuldenwervaltung
Reverse
Lettering:
Darlehenskassenschein
Funfzig Mark
50
Comments
„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.