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10 Rupien
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Interims-Banknote Die Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank zahlt bei ihren Kassen im Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Schutzgebiet dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote ohne Legitimationsprüfung 10 Zehn Rupien 10 Daressalam/Tabora 1. Februar 1916 Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank Zweigniederlassung Daressalam In Vollmacht: |
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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 sahihl 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 DEUTSCH-OSTAFRIKANISCHE ZEITUNG DARESSALAM |
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This note was produced under siege conditions. By 1916, the British naval blockade had cut German East Africa off from virtually all external supply, and the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank had exhausted its imported banknote stock. The colony's administration turned to the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung — a newspaper print shop — to produce emergency currency, using whatever paper was locally available. Some notes from this series were printed on interleaving paper, packing material, or whatever stock the press had on hand.
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's guerrilla campaign kept the colony fighting until November 1918, two weeks after the Armistice in Europe. These notes circulated among a shrinking, increasingly isolated population for longer than anyone in 1916 anticipated.