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Reserve Bank of Rhodesia v. B. E. A., South African Airways und Giesecke Devrient GmbH (1967) Landgericht Frankfurt/Main - 2/12 O 30/66. is a West German civil court case heard by the District Court of Frankfurt am Main in Hessen. The case revolves around an injunction issued by the British government prohibiting the export of Rhodesian pound banknotes printed by Giesecke+Devrient using British European Airways and South African Airways to Rhodesia due to the country's illegal Unilateral Declaration of Independence. The court issued the injunction. Further disputes arose on if the notes were forgeries but the injunction remained in place.

Background
The British Embassy in Bonn discovered that the Bank of Rhodesia had signed a contract with the West German based Giesecke + Devrient to create 28 tons of new banknotes. The embassy instituted legal proceedings to stop their export on the grounds that they were forgeries which an injuction was granted for. The Bundesgrenzschutz seized the notes in Munich. Sir Sydney Caine then sued to block any further printing of Rhodesian pound notes.

Aftermath
As a result of the notes being banned from export, Smith ordered the printing of replacement notes in Salisbury.