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10 Kapeikas / 10 Kopecken - Latvia, Mitau, Jelgava
| Issuer | Jelgawas Pilsehtas Walde (Mitausche Stadtverwaltung / Jelgava City Administration) |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Ruble (1704-1917) |
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| Obverse description | Text-only note printed in olive-brown on a light paper with a pale guilloche underprint of repeating floral rosettes. The heading reads 'Jelgawas pilsehtas walde' in large bold letterpress type, followed by a promise-to-pay clause in old Latvian orthography. The denomination '10' appears in large numerals on both left and right flanking the text 'desmit kapeikas', with a serial number at lower left and a facsimile signature with the title 'Jelgawas kehn. kara birgermeistars' at lower right; the whole is enclosed within a double-rule rectangular border. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Mitausche Stadtverwaltung verpflichtet sich, gegen diesen Schuldschein im Laufe von sechs Monaten nach Friedensschluß 10 zehn Kopeken 10 zu bezahlen. Die Sicherheit der in Höhe von 600000 Rubel auszugebenden Schuldscheine ist durch städtisches Vermögen im Wert von 1593000 Rubel voll gewährleistet. Diese Schuldscheine werden von den amtlichen Zahlungsstellen in Kurland als Zahlungsmittel entgegen genommen. Nachahmungen dieses Schuldscheins werden strafrechtlich verfolgt. Ausgegeben auf Grund des Beschlusses der Stadtverordnetenversammlung vom 20. Oktober 1915. Stell. Militär-Bürgermeister zu Mitau. |
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Jelgava — known to its German-speaking population as Mitau — was occupied by German forces in August 1915 during the rapid eastern push that swept through Courland. This note was issued by the city administration in the chaotic weeks surrounding that occupation, when the Russian Imperial supply chain had already collapsed and small-denomination coinage had vanished entirely from local circulation. The bilingual titling, Latvian above and German below, reflects the administrative reality of a city caught between two authorities mid-transition.
Emergency municipal scrip of this type from the Courland campaign survives in extremely small numbers. Most was redeemed or simply disintegrated in heavy daily use.