{"title":"German East African Notes","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerman East Africa existed for barely thirty years, from 1885 to 1918, in what are now Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. Its rupee is one of the rarest and most sought-after colonial issuers on the entire continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMoney of the Great War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the British fleet blockaded the colony in 1915, paper money stopped arriving from Berlin. The Germans improvised emergency issues printed locally in Tabora, with precarious means and whatever paper was available. These \u003cstrong\u003eInterimsbanknoten\u003c\/strong\u003e pieces are among the rarest in African notaphily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA doubly closed issuer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colony disappeared with the German defeat and the territory passed to the United Kingdom and Belgium. There is no continuity: the issuer ended there, and everything that exists is what was printed before 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you will find here\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman East Africa rupees with Pick reference and actual grading. These are serious historical pieces, not entry-level notaphily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eShipping\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProtected, in an individual sleeve, and tracked from Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover more banknotes from the region in \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/billetes-de-africa\"\u003eBanknotes of Africa\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you are interested in this area, combine with \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/billetes-de-tanzania\"\u003eTanzania\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/billetes-de-burundi\"\u003eBurundi\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"german-east-africa-1-2-1916-p-19-pmg-choice-unc-63-1-rupie","title":"German East Africa 1.2.1916 P-19 PMG Choice UNC 63 1 Rupee","description":"German East Africa 1-Rupie note, issued by the German Imperial Government, dated February 1, 1916, Pick 19, PMG 63 (Choice Uncirculated) certified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObverse: The German imperial eagle in the upper left corner, within a frame with seven stars, and bilingual text with the value and reference to the Dar es Salaam and Tabora squares. Reverse: The legal text of the issue, warning of prison sentences of no less than two years for counterfeiting, along with the serial number.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis banknote was printed during World War I, when the German colony, isolated by the British naval blockade, had to issue emergency paper money backed by the Imperial Government itself to sustain colonial resistance in East Africa. An issue of great historical interest for those who collect colonial and Great War paper money.","brand":"Iberoamericana Banknotes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617352671578,"sku":"BIGER-0308004924-001-0022","price":114.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/3433\/5578\/files\/german-east-africa-1-2-1916-p-19-pmg-choice-unc-63-1-rupie-803.webp?v=1788007765"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/3433\/5578\/collections\/german-east-africa-1-2-1916-p-19-pmg-choice-unc-63-1-rupie-803.webp?v=1789685175","url":"https:\/\/iberoamericanabanknotes.com\/en\/collections\/billetes-de-africa-oriental-alemana.oembed","provider":"Iberoamericana Banknotes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}