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10 Kopecks Latvia, Libava, Libau
| Issuer | Libau (Liepāja) City Council |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Obverse lettering | ЛИБАВСКОЕ ГОРОДСКОЕ САМОУПРАВЛЕНІЕ РАЗМѢННЫЙ ЗНАКЪ. 10 Коп. 10 Сор. ПОДДѢЛКА КАРАЕТСЯ ПО УГОЛОВНЫМЪ ЗАКОНАМЪ. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЛИБАВСКОЕ ГОРОДСКОЕ САМОУПРАВЛЕНІЕ РАЗМѢННЫЙ ЗНАКЪ. 10 Коп. 10 Сор. ПОДДѢЛКА КАРАЕТСЯ ПО УГОЛОВНЫМЪ ЗАКОНАМЪ. |
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Libau's municipal emergency notes of 1915 were issued under German military occupation, making them an unusual case of a Latvian city council issuing currency while the Russian Empire still nominally controlled the broader territory. The German army captured Libau in May 1915, and these kopeck-denominated scrip pieces — still denominated in the Russian monetary unit — reflect the chaotic transitional weeks before full German administrative consolidation swept the region.
The continued use of kopeck denominations after occupation is the telling detail: local commerce could not wait for monetary policy to catch up with the front lines.