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Ville de Nicolaieff, 1912 Emprunt 5%

Города Николаева, 1912 Заемь 5%
City of Nikolaef, 1912 5% Loan
Other city spellings: Nikolaev, Nikolaiew, Mykolaiv

Issued 6,499,899 roubles (£687,820) in two series, £646,200 and £41,620, distinguished by an overprint at the upper left side of the bonds. The city is now in Ukraine and known by its Ukrainian name, Mykolaiv.

Series 1: The £20 certificates are numbered 0001 to 6475. The £100 certificates are numbered 0001 to 3862. The £500 certificates are numbered 0001 to 0261.

Series 2: The £20 certificates are numbered 6476 to 6876. The £100 certificates are number 3863 to 4128. The £500 certificates are numbered 0262 to 0275.

1912

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REF. NO. DENOMINATION DESCRIPTION NO.ISSUED CONDITION VALUE
101 189 roubles (£20) 1st series, brown 6475
#3151		 EF £12-15
101a 189 roubles (£20) as above but hole cancelled ? – £10-12
102 189 roubles (£20) 2nd series, brown 401
#6812		 EF £80-100
103 945 roubles (£100) 1st series, blue 3862
#1885		 EF £20-25
103a 945 roubles (£100) as above but hole cancelled ? – £10-12
104 945 roubles (£100) 2nd series, blue 266
#4099		 VF £80-100
105 4725 roubles (£500) 1st series, red 261
#0050		 VF £180-200
106 4725 roubles (£500) 2nd series, red 14
#0262		 VF £600-800

 

Description

Nikolaef is a city in southern Ukraine, now known by its Ukrainian name, Mykolaiv.

From the 1912 bond issue:

“…the Municipality of Nikolaef issues a Bond Loan …, for the purpose of rising off the arrears of the city of Nikolaef due to the State Treasury in connection with the maintenance of the city Prefect’s office and the city police, for the construction of the municipal electrical tramways and the purchase of the enterprises of the Belgian Company Limited of the existing tramways of Nikolaef with horse traction, for the extension of canalisation, for the mechanical arrangement of the commercial port, for the construction of new slaughter houses, for the erection of covered market halls or the reconstruction of the existing market stands, for the construction of school buildings, for the extension of the city electrical station, for increasing the floating means of the municipal pawn-brokery and for the erection of a building to accommodate various municipal offices.”

Source: (verbatim from the back of the bond)

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