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1 Mark
| Issuer | Eesti Vabariigi Kassatäht (Estonian Republic Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 100 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | EESTI VABARIIGI KASSATÄHT 1 MARK 1 MARK |
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| Reverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN DER ESTNISCHEN REPUBLIK ESTNISKA REPUBLIKENS KASSASEDEL ÜKS MARK КАЗНАЧЕЙСКІЙ ЗНАКЪ ЭСТОНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ 1919 |
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Estonia's first independent currency issues came under extraordinary pressure. The Treasury notes of 1919 were produced while fighting was still active on multiple fronts — against both Bolshevik forces from the east and the Landeswehr in the west. The monetary system was being assembled in the middle of a war of independence, which left little room for elaborate production standards.
The P#43 series is among the earliest paper instruments issued under Estonian sovereign authority, predating the establishment of Eesti Pank in 1919 by only months. Kassatäht — literally "treasury note" — was the designated instrument class, distinct from bank-issued currency. Circulation was heavy and survival rates for lower denominations are poor.