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1 Rouble Astrakhan Region
| Issuer | Astrakhan Treasury (Астраханское Казначейство) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A central vignette of the double-headed eagle, rendered without crowns in the republican style, is flanked by the denomination ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ in large Cyrillic letterpress. The heading ВРЕМЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ АСТРАХАНСКАГО КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВА appears across the top, with two manuscript signatures below, attributed to the Minister of Finance and the Treasurer. A cartouche at the lower centre bears the date 1918, with the serial number and series above it. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single brown tone and composed entirely of an elaborate guilloche pattern, with a large ornamental numeral 1 at the centre enclosed within an oval of interlaced scrollwork and floral motifs. A repeating legend encircles the central design, and a decorative foliate border frames the entire note. |
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The Astrakhan Treasury issued local currency in 1918 as central authority collapsed following the Bolshevik consolidation — but Astrakhan itself remained a contested city, besieged by Red Army forces in early 1919 after a prolonged standoff between Bolsheviks, White forces, and local Cossack and Kalmyk factions. These notes predate that siege, issued when the local administration still needed functional currency to pay civil staff and maintain basic commerce along the Volga trade routes.
Regional emissions like this one were typically printed on whatever stock was available, and P#S441 is no exception — paper quality varies considerably between surviving examples.