Catalog
5 Kapeikas
| Issuer | Latvijas Pagaidu Valdība (Latvian Provisional Government) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | P#9 |
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| Obverse lettering | LATWIJAS MAIŅAS SIHME 5 KAP. (Translation: Latvian exchange banknote, 5 Kopeks) |
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| Reverse lettering | LATWIJAS MAIŅAS SIHME 5 KAP (Translation: Latvian exchange banknote, 5 Kopeks) |
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Latvia's Provisional Government issued this fractional note — along with the rest of the 1920 small-denomination series — to address a severe coin shortage during the early consolidation of the newly independent state. The printing date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a registry or documentation date, not a press date; the notes themselves were prepared and circulated well before Latvia lost independence in 1940.
At 55 × 35 mm, this is among the smallest pieces in the entire Latvian paper money series — closer to a postage stamp than a circulating banknote, which made losses and wear inevitable.