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3 Roubles Latvia, Libava, Libau

Issuer City of Liepāja (Libava) Municipal Government
Year 1915
Type Local banknote
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Obverse description The municipal coat of arms of Libava (Liepāja) is centered as the central vignette, with the numeral denomination "3" repeated in each corner. The city name appears in Cyrillic script across the upper portion of the note, above the arms. Text panels carry the obligation legend and anti-counterfeiting warning in Russian, with the denomination also rendered in abbreviated Latin script.
Obverse lettering Либавское Городское Самоуправление ОБЯЗУЕТСЯ ОПЛАТИТЬ НАСТОЯЩУЮ ДОЛГОВУЮ РАСПИСКУ НЕМЕДЛЕННО ПОСЛЕ ОКОНЧАНIИ ВОЙНЫ 3 Руб. ПОДДЪЛКА КАРАЕТСЯ ПО УГОЛОВНЫМЪ ЗАКОНАМЪ. 3 Rbl.
(Translation: Libava City Government. [The government is] obliged to pay the debt banknote immediately after the end of the war. 3 Rub. Forgery is punished under criminal law.)
Reverse description The reverse mirrors the obverse layout, with the municipal coat of arms of Libava centrally positioned and the numeral "3" placed at each corner. The obligation and anti-counterfeiting inscriptions are repeated in Cyrillic script, with the abbreviated Latin denomination at the lower margin. The overall design is typographically austere, consistent with wartime emergency issue notgeld.
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