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1 Rublis 1919, Latvia

in Krause book Number: 2а
Years of issue: 1919
Edition: 1 000 000
Signatures: Finanšu ministrs: Kārlis Puriņš, Valsts Kases pārvaldnieks (Walsts Kases pāhrwaldnieks): Kārlis Vanags
Serie: 1919 Issue
Specimen of: 1919
Material: Cotton fiber
Size (mm): 110 x 70
Printer: Gunāra Meijera spiestuve, Liеpāja

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1 Rublis 1919

Description

Watermark:

watermark watermark

Dashed lines. Watermark prepared by the German paper mill "Louis Staffel, Feinpapierfabriken, Witzenhausen".

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1 Rublis 1919

Latvian national ornament.

Julijs Madernieks (1870-1955), one of the most significant creators of Latvian professional applied art and the most famous Latvian master of ornamentation at the beginning of the XX century, commissioned by the Ulmanis government in 1919, drawings of Latvian banknotes with the sun in the center with 17 wavy rays, symbolizing 17 counties of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Latvians, three six-pointed stars (as symbols of the unity of the three historical parts of Latvia - Kurzeme and Zemgale (Courland and Semigalia), Vidzeme (Livonia) and Latgale (Latgale), three western districts of the former Vitebsk province of the Russian Empire), the letter "L" and a ribbon in the colors of the Latvian flag.

This emblem, in 1919, became in fact the first coat of arms (emblem) of the Republic of Latvia, which was depicted on the breastplate of the Latvian riflemen who fought on the side of the Ulmanis government, on the stamp of stamp duty issued in 1919 and later formed the basis of the military emblem (cockade) of the Latvian army.

Below, an inscription in Latvian. The same inscription (second part), in Russian and German, is shown on the reverse of the banknote!

In English: "All treasury bills are provided with all the property of the state bank" "Penalty for counterfating of Latvian money, or for the storage and distribution of counterfeit goods, is 12 years of forced labor".

Revers:

1 Rublis 1919

Latvian national ornament and ears of wheat as a symbol of fertility.

Comments:

Designer: Jūlijs Madernieks.