Same here they are so Garish I actualy like them LOL I bought 2 of each note for a few bucks so was happy with the price, and lets be honest I do like my odd little notes, Chatham/Antartica LOL _________________ 502 TO DATE 23/10/07 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc
This is only me second Latvian note but the person represented on iy is a rather interesting charecter
Latvia
50L 1934
Blue/Red/Green
Front Value & Portrait of Prime Minister K Ulmanis
Rev Value in corners Ornate frame & Coat of Arms top center
Watermark a head
P20a
Kārlis Vilhelms Augusts Ulmanis Born September 4, 1877 in Bērze, Latvia – Died September 20, 1942 in Krasnovodsk prison, Soviet Union
Ulmanis studied agriculture at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and at Leipzig University, Germany, and then worked in Latvia as a writer, lecturer, and manager in agricultural positions. He was politically active during the 1905 Revolution, was briefly imprisoned in Pskov, and subsequently fled Latvia to avoid incarceration by the Russian authorities. During this period of exile, Ulmanis studied at the University of Nebraska in the United States, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture. After working briefly at that university as a lecturer, Ulmanis moved to Houston, Texas, where he had purchased a dairy business.
Ulmanis returned to Latvia from exile in 1913
Ulmanis was the first Prime Minister of a Latvia which had become independent for the first time in 700 years. He also served as Prime Minister in several subsequent Latvian government administrations during the period of Latvian independence from 1918 to 1940. In addition, he founded the Latvian Farmers' Union
On May 15, 1934, ostensibly to protect the country from a coup by right-wing extremists Ulmanis as Prime Minister dissolved the Saeima (Parliament) and established executive non-parliamentary authoritarian rule.
The incumbent President Alberts Kviesis was allowed to serve the rest of his term until 1936, after which Ulmanis unconstitutionally merged the office of President and Prime Minister in his own person. Kārlis Ulmanis instituted what he called a “Nationalist Dictatorship,” crowning himself as "Tautas Vadonis" (Leader of the Nation) and "Father of the Nation"
Following a Soviet ultimatum in 1939, Ulmanis had to allow Soviet military bases in Latvia, and in June 1940, Latvia was completely occupied by the Soviet Union. Ulmanis ordered Latvians to show no resistance to the Soviet Army. The phrase "I will remain in my place and you remain in your places" from his radio speech on this occasion is still famous, and may have saved lives.
On July 21, 1940 Ulmanis resigned and asked the Soviet government for a pension and to allow him to emigrate to Switzerland. Instead, he ended up in Stavropol, where he worked in his original profession for a year. In July 1941, he was imprisoned. A year later, as German armies were closing in on Stavropol, he and other inmates were evacuated to a prison in Krasnovodsk in the present Turkmenistan. On the way there, he contracted dysentery and soon died on 20 September 1942. Ulmanis had no wife or children, as he used to say that he was married to Latvia.
I am quite interested in the history of that area so was rather happy to pick that one up fairly cheaply I dont see them very often & only have two in my collection _________________ 502 TO DATE 23/10/07 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc
Steve,the Riga Soviet banknotes are not easy to find,but they are listed as genuine emergency banknotes in Pick.
Have you looked for any of the Lithuanian notes that came out in 1989 & 1991? I did have a 10 Litu dated 1989,plus a 1 Litauras dated 1991.The 1991 issue commemorates the 1991 Lithuanian Olympic Games,which featured teams from all the provinces of Lithuania.Canada has a similar concept with the Canada Games,which features teams from all the provinces & territories across the Dominion of Canada.
No not interested in the modrn issues from the Baltic states, latest I go is when communisum takes over, same with my china collection _________________ 502 TO DATE 23/10/07 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc
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