Catalog
50 Rupien
| Issuer | Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper emergency interim note (Interims-Banknote) with a simple typeset layout enclosed within a dashed border. The denomination "50 Fünfzig Rupie 50" is printed in large typeface at centre, with the issuing authority "Deutsch Ostafrikanische Bank, Zweigniederlassung Daressalam" below and the promise-to-pay legend "Wir zahlen gegen diese Note" above. The date "1 Okt. 1917" and two manuscript signatures appear at lower left, accompanied by the authorization legend "In Vollmacht". |
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| Obverse lettering | Interims-Banknote Wir zahlen gegen diese Note 50 Fünfzig Rupie 50 Deutsch Ostafrikanische Bank Zweigniederlassung Daressalam 1 Okt. 1917 In Vollmacht |
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The Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank's 1917 emergency issues were produced under extraordinary conditions. By the time this note entered circulation, German East Africa had been almost entirely overrun by British and Belgian forces, and the colonial administration under Governor Schnee and General von Lettow-Vorbeck had retreated into the interior. Notes of this period were printed locally on whatever materials were available — a dramatic departure from the pre-war issues produced in Germany by established security printers.
P#47 belongs to the final series issued as the colonial currency system collapsed around a shrinking military campaign that would not formally surrender until November 1918.