1.6. Sign design elements:
The main image of the front side is a decorative frame, nominal numbers. Текст - DARLEHNSKASSENSCHEIN ZWANZIG KOPEKEN. 20 Posen, den 17. April 1916. 20. Ostbank für Handel und Gewerbe, Darlehnskasse Ost. Wer Darlehnskassenscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Vekehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus bis zu acht Jahren bestraft.
The main image of the reverse side is guilloche with nominal numbers. Texts in Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian - the name of the sign and responsibility for counterfeiting the signs.
Predominant colors: Hp black pattern on blue with green background. O.S. black drawing on a beige background.
1.7. Author (s) of the sign design: not known.
1.8. Sample types:
MUSTER Type 1a - Signed by Officers. Bilateral. Original paper. On HP and OS twice, left and right red vertical overprint "MUSTER." Punching.
MUSTER (SAMPLE) Type 1b - Signed by Officers. Bilateral. Original paper. On hp twice, left and right red vertical overprint "MUSTER." Punching.
2. Notes:
2.1. Sometimes 20 kopecks are distinguished by color hp - blue or green. This is not an option, the color depends on the amount of blue paint, there is very little of it on some of the signs, and then the color of the sign is perceived as green.
3. Literature:
3.1. Grabowski H. Die deutschen Banknoten ab 1871. Battenberg Gietl Verlag GmbH. Auflage: 21., Auflage 2018 (7. Dezember 2017) {Catalog code - "Ro"}
3.2. Albert Pick Jens-Uwe Rixen (Bearb. Hans L. Grabowski) Papiergeld-Spezialkatalog Deutschland. Auflage 3. Gietel Verlag, 1998.
3.3. Rosenberg H. Grabowski H. Die deutschen Banknoten ab 1871. 18 auflage – H.Gietl Verlag & Publikationsservice GmbH, Regenstauf, 2011. ISBN 978-3-86646-539-8
3.4. Miłczak Czesław. Banknoty polskie i wzory [tomy 1 i 2] Antykwariat Numizmatyczny Paweł Niemczyk, Warszawa 2012. ISBN 978-83-913361-3-7 / ISBN 978-83-913361-4-4
3.5. Istomin M.I. Catalog of banknotes of the Civil War in Russia Volume 1 Second edition. North and Northwest of Russia, Baltic States, Center of Russia and Belarus (1917-1922). Publisher Ivanchenko I.S. EDITION 2 edition (2017) ISBN 978-617-7377-35-0
3.6. Kardakov N.I. Katalog der Geldscheine von Russland und Baltischen Staaten 1769-1950. Catalog of banknotes of both Russia and the Baltic countries 1769-1950. N. Kardakoff, Berlin 1951 {Catalog code - "K"}
3.7. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Specialized Issues. Krause Publications; Twelfth Edition (12) (18. Dezember 2013) {Catalog code - "P"}