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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 lettering | Interims-Banknote Die Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank zahlt bei ihren Kassen im Deutsch-Ostafrikanischen Schutzgebiet dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote ohne Legitimationsprüfung 10 Zehn Rupien 10 Daressalam/Tabora 1. Juni 1916 Gebucht von: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank Zweigniederlassung Daressalam In Vollmacht |
| Reverse description | Plain yellow-brown ground within a simple ruled border, carrying bilingual text in German and Swahili attesting that the note's value is fully deposited with the Imperial Government of German East Africa. A large violet X overprint with the letter B appears twice on the left and right sides, and the DOAB bank monogram in ornate interlaced script is placed at upper right and lower left. A small printer's imprint box for Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Zeitung G.m.b.H., Daressalam appears at lower centre. |
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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.