Dream note/coin
STLNATS
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I posted this over on the currency board. That board is 99% US focussed so I thought it might be of more interest to us darksiders here. Feel free to add the coin or note that keeps you awake at night.......
While I don't have all of the block letters, this is the only variety missing in my issued Latvian 1919-1940 collection. The sad thing is I purchased a collection in 2000, and one of these was in the first shipment, stolen (along with a couple of other rarities that I had/was able to find subsequently) from registered mail from Germany. Went to Germany to get the balance of the collection and to visit the Christkindlmarkten in Bavaria. Perhaps not as impressive to many of you as the US notes but I would consider my collection completed when/if I get a second chance at one of these:
By way of history, the series A 25R notes was issued by the pro-Russian communist government of Latvia which occupied much of the country during 1919. It was defeated by a coalition of German Balts, Latvian nationalists and Estonians. Only 21k of these (along with the scarce blue 1919 1R) was issued by the communists. After the nationalists regained control, they issued green 1R notes and started the B series of the 25R, altho they continued to recognize the legitimacy of the communist issued notes (as well as notes without serial numbers stolen from the printing plant during the soviet occupation) in part to encourage acceptance of the new country's currency.
While I don't have all of the block letters, this is the only variety missing in my issued Latvian 1919-1940 collection. The sad thing is I purchased a collection in 2000, and one of these was in the first shipment, stolen (along with a couple of other rarities that I had/was able to find subsequently) from registered mail from Germany. Went to Germany to get the balance of the collection and to visit the Christkindlmarkten in Bavaria. Perhaps not as impressive to many of you as the US notes but I would consider my collection completed when/if I get a second chance at one of these:
By way of history, the series A 25R notes was issued by the pro-Russian communist government of Latvia which occupied much of the country during 1919. It was defeated by a coalition of German Balts, Latvian nationalists and Estonians. Only 21k of these (along with the scarce blue 1919 1R) was issued by the communists. After the nationalists regained control, they issued green 1R notes and started the B series of the 25R, altho they continued to recognize the legitimacy of the communist issued notes (as well as notes without serial numbers stolen from the printing plant during the soviet occupation) in part to encourage acceptance of the new country's currency.
Always interested in St Louis MO & IL metro area and Evansville IN national bank notes and Vatican/papal states coins and medals!
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