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1 Kapeika Latvia, Mitau, Jelgava
| Issuer | Jelgawas Pilsehtas Walde (City Administration of Jelgava/Mitau) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Size | 99 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Jelgawas pilsehtas walde apņemās pret šcho parahdu sihmi šešchu mehneschuh laikā pehz meera noslehgschanas 1 weena kapeika 1 samaksāt. Droschiba par 600,000 rubļu isdodamām parahdu sihmēm zaur pilsehtas mantibu 1,593,000 rubļu wehrtibā pilnigi apgalwota. Schīhs parahdu sihmes teek Kursemes waldibas maksājamās weetās ka makšas lihdseklis preti ņemtas. Schīhs parahdu sihmes wiltoschana teek stingri sodita. Jsdota us pilsehtas domneeku sapulzes nolehmumu no 20. oktobera 1915. No 05077 ✳ Jelgawas kehn. kara birgermeistars. |
| Reverse description | German-language equivalent of the obverse text, set on the same arabesque underprint, enclosed within an ornate floral and foliate letterpress border. The heading 'Die Mitausche Stadtverwaltung' is printed in large Gothic script at the top, followed by the denomination '1 ein Kopeken 1' in bold numerals. The lower section carries a parallel obligation and legal-tender clause, the issuance date 'vom 20. Oktober 1915', the matching serial number at lower left with an asterisk device, and two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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Jelgava — known to its German-speaking population as Mitau — fell to German forces in late July 1915 during the great Russian retreat, and this emergency note is a direct product of that rupture. The city changed hands violently enough that the pre-war Russian monetary supply collapsed almost overnight, forcing the municipal administration to issue fractional paper to keep local trade functioning. A one-kapeika denomination in paper is itself a measure of desperation: under normal conditions, no one would accept paper for a coin that small.
The bilingual identity of Jelgava at this moment — Latvian administration, German occupation imminent — makes even the issuing authority's name on this note a historical snapshot.