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1 Rouble Mogilev Region
| Issuer | Mogilev Regional Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S236 |
| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue ink on plain paper, the face is framed by a rectangular border of floral and rosette ornaments. The Cyrillic denomination «ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ» is set in large bold type in the upper-central field, with the year «1918» and the issuing authority inscription beneath; the numeral «1» appears as a counter value in each corner. The lower portion carries multiple lines of Cyrillic text detailing conditions of issue, a manuscript cashier signature, and a printed serial number in red. |
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| Reverse lettering | ПОДДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ |
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| Comments |
The Mogilev Regional Treasury was one of dozens of local Soviet-era institutions forced to issue emergency scrip in 1918 as the Bolshevik government's centralizing ambitions collided with the practical reality of a collapsed national monetary supply. These regional issues filled an immediate transactional void — not policy instruments, but stopgaps against a near-total breakdown of retail commerce.
P#S236 sits within a category of Russian Civil War locals that remain difficult to authenticate conclusively, as forgeries and contemporary copies circulated alongside genuine issues from the moment of printing. Mogilev itself changed hands multiple times during 1918, which complicates any clean narrative of issuance, distribution, or redemption.