Catalog
1 Rublis
| Issuer | Latvijas Valsts Kase (Latvian State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Reference(s) | P#1 |
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| Obverse lettering | LATWIJAS WAGSTS KASES SIHME WEENS RUBLIS Ser. A № Finanšu Ministris — Walsts kases kasieris Walsts kases sihmes nodroschinatas ar wiseem walsts ihpaschumeem. Par Walsts kases sihmu wiltoschan, usj willotu sihmu isglabschanu un isplatischanu wainigee pehc ar nopū feepiļu saudzeschan un spallnu darbeem līdz 12 gadeem. 1919 |
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| Reverse lettering | LETTLANDS STAATS-KASSENSCHEIN EIN RUBEL ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВА ЛАТВІИ ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ |
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Latvia's very first government-issued banknote, authorized almost immediately after the declaration of independence in November 1918. The new Treasury had no established printing infrastructure, and the 1 Rublis was produced domestically under difficult conditions — Latvia was still actively fighting on multiple fronts against both German Freikorps and Bolshevik forces when these notes entered circulation.
The rublis was a transitional currency, effectively a Latvianized holdover from the Russian imperial ruble system, and was never intended as a permanent unit. It was replaced by the lats beginning in 1922.