Catalog
2 Kapeikas Latvia, Mitau, Jelgava
| Issuer | Jelgava (Mitau) City Administration |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Ruble (1704-1917) |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in dark green on an orange-tan paper with a light guilloche underprint of interlocking floral rosettes. The heading 'Jelgawas pilsehtas walde' is set in large bold letterpress type across the top, followed by a Latvian-language obligation clause in smaller text. The denomination '2 diwi kapeikas 2' is stated centrally in large numerals and text, with a multi-paragraph security and legal guarantee text below, concluding with the date '20. oktobera 1915', a facsimile signature, the title 'Jelgawas kehn. kara birgermeistars', and a serial number with asterisk ornament at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Jelgawas pilsehtas walde apņemas pret scho parahdu sihmi seschu mehneschu laika pehz meera noslehgschanas 2 diwi kapeikas 2 samaksat. Droschiba par 600,000 rubļu isdodamam parahdu sihmem zaur pilsehtas mantibu 1,593,000 rubļu wehrtiba pilnigi apgalwota. Schihs parahdu sihmes teek Kursemes waldibas maksajamas weetās ka maksas lihdseklis preti ņemtas. Schihs parahdu sihmes wiltoschana teek stingri sodita. Jsdota us pilsehtas domneeku sapulzes nolehmumu no 20. oktobera 1915. Jelgawas kehn. kara birgermeistars. |
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Jelgava — known to its German-speaking population as Mitau — fell under German military occupation in late 1915, but this emergency issue predates that occupation, produced by the city administration during the chaotic early phase of the war when the Russian imperial supply lines had collapsed and small change had effectively vanished from circulation. Latvian municipal authorities across the region improvised notgeld-style fractional notes to keep local commerce functioning.
The kapeikas denomination places this firmly within the Russian monetary system still nominally in force at the time of issue. Jelgava would change hands multiple times before Latvian independence in 1918.