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25 Rubel Ostbank für Handel und Gewerbe, Darlehnskasse Ost
| Issuer | Darlehnskasse Ost (Ostbank für Handel und Gewerbe) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles (25 Rubel) |
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| Obverse lettering | DARLEHNSKASSENSCHEIN FÜNFUNDZWANZIG RUBEL 25 25 Posen, den 17. April 1916 OSTBANK FÜR HANDEL UND GEWERBE DARLEHNSKASSE OST Wer Darlehnskassenscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt wird mit Zuchthaus bis zu 8 Jahren bestraft. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 25 Skolinamosios kasos ženklas DVIDEŠIMTS PENKI RUBLIAI Kas skolinamosios kasos padirba melagingus ženklus arba tikruosius perdirba arba padirbtus ar perdirbtus ima ir juos į vartojimą skleidžia bus baudziamas katarga iki aštuonių metų. Wykaz kasy pożyczkowej DWADZIEŚCIA PIĘĆ RUBLI Kto wykazy kasy pożyczkowej podrabia lub fałszuje albo się o podrobione lub zfałszowane się wystara i w obieg puszcza karanym będzie domem karnym do ośmiu lat. Aisdewu kafes fihme DIWIDESMIT PEEZI RUBLI Kas aisdewu kafes fihmes pakal taifa waj wilto waj ari pakal tailitas waj wiltotas few eegahda un ziteem ildod tas teek łodits ar ipaidudarbeem lihdf astun gadeem. |
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The Darlehnskasse Ost was a German military loan bank established in 1916 to provide a parallel currency across occupied Eastern territories — essentially a mechanism to extract local resources without depleting Reichsmark reserves. The Ostmark notes it issued were inconvertible outside the occupation zone, which was entirely deliberate. Locals could not use them to purchase German goods or transfer value westward.
Zickfeldt of Osterwieck was a mid-tier commercial printer, not a specialist security press, and the notes were produced accordingly — adequate but without the intaglio depth of contemporaneous Reichsbank issues.