The "Darlehenskassenscheine" were banknotes issued between 1914 and 1922 by the Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Reich Debt Administration). They were used until the hyperinflation of 1923. These banknotes were not legal tender, but they had to be accepted by all public treasuries. Their value was guaranteed by loans on industrial and agricultural assets. Even without being legal tender, Darlehenskassenscheine were de facto currency widely used as parallel currency to the gold mark during World War I and the early Weimar Republic.

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