Catalog
10 Rupien
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| In circulation to | 1916 |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-brown note with a typeset design enclosed in an ornamental border of interlocking geometric and foliate motifs. The issuer's name, Die Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank, is printed in large bold Gothic lettering at the centre, above a German-language promise-to-pay legend. The denomination Zehn Rupien appears in large type at centre flanked by numeral 10 in boxed panels at left and right, with place and date of issue at lower centre and two manuscript signatures below. |
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| 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 versucht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft. DEUTSCH-OSTAFRIKANISCHE ZEITUNG G.M.B.H. DARESSALAM |
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By 1916, the German East Africa campaign under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck had severed the colony from any resupply from Europe, forcing emergency currency production entirely in-country. The Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung G.m.b.H. — a newspaper printer, not a security press — was the only facility available in Dar es Salaam capable of the job. The result was a series produced under blockade conditions with whatever paper and ink could be sourced locally.
Pick 42 is among the more frequently encountered of the 1916 Behelfsgeldscheine, but the printing quality varies noticeably between individual examples — a direct consequence of wartime supply constraints on the press.