See full images — free registration
Continue with Google — it's free or register with email

20 Rupien

Issuer Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank
Year 1915
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Size Log in to see details
Shape Rectangular
Printer Log in to see details
Designer(s) Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Log in to see details
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description Plain unadorned paper reverse with a simple rectangular printed border and corner ornaments. Two lines of serial number appear at upper and lower centre. The central text block comprises a German redemption guarantee statement followed by a Swahili-language equivalent, and a framed anti-counterfeiting warning in smaller German letterpress text at the bottom. A small printer's imprint appears at the very foot.
Reverse lettering Der Gegenwert dieser Banknote ist bei dem Kaiserlichen Gouvernement von Deutsch-Ostafrika voll hinterlegt
Kadri ya noti hii imewe twa sahihi katika Kaiserliches Gouvernement von Deutsch-Ostafrika
Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft
Signature(s) Log in to see details
Protection type Log in to see details
Protection description Log in to see details
Variants P#44a - handwritten signatures handwritten serial # on front
P#44b - British forgery serial # on front and back do not match
Comments Log in to see details