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5 Rupien
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Value | 5 Rupees |
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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 Fünf Rupien. Daressalam. Tabora, 15. August 1915. Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank Zweigniederlassung Daressalam In Vollmacht. |
| Reverse description | Plain typeset reverse within a simple rectangular border, with serial numbers printed at upper left and lower right. Three text blocks in German and Swahili declare that the value of the note is fully secured by the Imperial Government of German East Africa, followed by a German-language counterfeit warning. A bold "TABORA" overprint stamp is struck across the centre of the note. |
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The Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank's 1915 emergency issues were a direct consequence of the British naval blockade cutting off the colony from metropolitan Germany. With no possibility of importing printed notes from Europe, the colonial administration improvised — these notes were produced locally under wartime conditions, printed on whatever paper was available, sometimes uneven in quality, and issued with hand-stamped serial numbers and signatures. The series fills a logistical gap, not a banking one.
Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's East African campaign kept German forces in the field until November 1918, long after Germany itself had collapsed. These notes continued circulating in contested territory well past any reasonable expectation of redemption.