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1 Rouble Latvia, Libava, Libau

Issuer City Government of Libava (Либавское Городское Самоуправление)
Year 1915
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Value 1 Rouble
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Obverse description The municipal arms of Libava (Liepāja) are centred on the note, with the numeral denomination «1» in each corner. The issuing authority's name appears along the top edge above the arms, with the full obligation text arranged in the body of the note in Cyrillic letterpress. The denomination is also expressed in abbreviated Latin script at the lower right.
Obverse lettering Либавское Городское Самоуправление ОБЯЗУЕТСЯ ОПЛАТИТЬ НАСТОЯЩУЮ ДОЛГОВУЮ РАСПИСКУ НЕМЕДЛЕННО ПОСЛЕ ОКОНЧАНIИ ВОЙНЫ 1 Руб. ПОДДЪЛКА КАРАЕТСЯ ПО УГОЛОВНЫМЪ ЗАКОНАМЪ. 1 Rbl.
(Translation: Libava City Government. [The government is] obliged to pay the debt banknote immediately after the end of the war. 1 Rub. Forgery is punished under criminal law.)
Reverse description Reverse is largely plain paper with a faint blue underprint ghosting through from the obverse design, with two circular cancellation punch-holes visible at centre left and centre right, indicating the note has been officially cancelled.
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