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1 Rupie
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 1 Rupee |
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| Reverse lettering | Der Gegenwert dieser Banknote ist bei dem Kaiserlichen Gouvernement von Deutsch-Ostafrika voll hinterlegt. Kadri ya noti hii imewekwa sahihi katika Kaiserliches Gouvernement von Deutsch-Ostafrika Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft |
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| Variants | P#9a - light green paper series B P#9b(1) - light-brown paper series B P#9b(2) - light-brown paper series C P#9c(1) - cream paper series P P#9c(2) - cream paper series S* * not listed in catalog |
| Comments |
Printed under siege conditions after Allied naval blockades cut German East Africa off from Europe, this note was produced by a newspaper printing house — the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung — because no specialist security printer was available. The result is exactly what you'd expect: crude typography, minimal anti-counterfeiting measures, and paper sourced locally rather than imported.
Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's campaign kept the territory fighting until after the Armistice, meaning these notes circulated longer than virtually any other German colonial issue. Redemption never came for most holders.