10 Kapeikas

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Descrizione del rovescio	The reverse repeats the obverse design in the same dark blue ink, with the curved LATWIJAS MAIŅAS SIHME banner arching across the top and the large central numeral '10' set within a guilloche circle accompanied by flanking rosette devices. The denomination KAP. is again rendered in bold serif lettering at the base, the entire surface covered with a dense wave-line underprint.
Legenda del rovescio	LATWIJAS MAIŅAS SIHME 10 KAP.
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Commenti	Latvia's earliest fractional notes were produced under severe postwar constraints — the country had declared independence in 1918 and was still consolidating its monetary system while simultaneously fighting off both Soviet and Bermontian forces. This 10 Kapeikas belongs to the 1920 government issue that effectively formalized the lats-predecessor currency before the lat itself was introduced in 1922. The extreme small format was a deliberate economy measure, not an aesthetic choice. Paper supply was limited, and these low-denomination notes substituted for coins that the nascent Latvian state simply could not yet mint in sufficient quantity.

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