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1 Rupie Emergency issue

Issuer Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank
Year 1915
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Value 1 Rupie
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Obverse description Interim banknote (Interims-Banknote) with the German Imperial eagle vignette in the upper left corner, enclosed within a simple decorative border with ornamental corner pieces and a repeated asterisk guilloche band along the top and bottom margins. The denomination "1 Eine Rupie 1" is printed in bold letterpress at centre, with the issuing authority text, place names Daressalam/Tabora, date 1. November 1915, and a manuscript signature of A. Frühling below, issued under special authorisation of the Zweigniederlassung Daressalam.
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Reverse description Plain unadorned reverse with serial number printed twice — once at the top and once at the bottom — and a large prefix letter "H" at left and right centre. Three blocks of bilingual text in German and Swahili occupy the central field, accompanied by a small rectangular printer's imprint box at the lower left.
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
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft
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