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5 Rupien
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain green paper interim note (Interims-Banknote) with a diamond-pattern border frame. The issuer name 'Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank' is printed in bold letterpress at centre, above the denomination '5 Fünf Rupien. 5' in large type, flanked by numeral '5' at left and right. The lower portion carries the place and date 'Daressalam, Tabora, 15. August 1915' at left, and the branch designation 'Zweigniederlassung Daressalam / In Vollmacht' at right, below which two handwritten manuscript signatures appear in ink. |
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| Reverse description | Unadorned green paper reverse enclosed within a single-rule rectangular border, with the serial number printed twice — at the upper left and lower right — in large bold numerals. The series letter 'C' appears at the left and right centre margins. Three blocks of text in German and Swahili occupy the centre field: a guarantee clause stating that the note's value is fully deposited with the Imperial Government of German East Africa, its Swahili equivalent, and a counterfeit warning prescribing a minimum two-year penal sentence. A small rectangular printer's stamp reading 'Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung G.m.b.H. Daressalam' is printed at the bottom centre. |
| 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 C C 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 G.m.b.H. Daressalam |
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