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Odessa 1908 bond 1000 RBL 4,5 %

«Бессарабско-Таврический земельный банк», Banque Foncière de Bessarabie-Tauride.

A land bank of Bessarabia-Taurica was est. in 1872. It had wider operating area than the other land banks, and it was allocating loans i. a. in Tallinn and Courland. The certificate has a beautiful ornament with grapes and the ears of hop. The old banking building in Odessa is still standing.