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1 Rouble Rostov
| Issuer | Rostov-on-Don Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The Imperial double-headed eagle appears as a central vignette at the upper portion of the note, set within an ornate guilloche border with decorative swags and pilasters framing the design. The large Cyrillic denomination ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ occupies the centre field, with the numeral 1 repeated in the side panels. The lower portion carries a two-line text block stating the note is issued by the Rostov-on-Don Branch of the State Bank, with serial number, year date 1918, and two manuscript signatures of the Manager and Cashier at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a large circular wreath of oak and laurel branches enclosing a multi-line Cyrillic text block declaring the note's legal tender status for all government and private institutions. The numeral 1 with РУБ appears in the left and right margins within guilloche panels. A repeating border of the denomination РУБЛЬ in Cyrillic script runs along all four edges, and a forger's warning inscription appears at the foot below the wreath. |
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The Rostov-on-Don branch notes of 1918 were issued during one of the most chaotic stretches of the Russian Civil War, when the Don region changed hands repeatedly between Bolshevik forces and the White Army's Volunteer Army. Central monetary authority had effectively collapsed, and regional branches of the State Bank were left to issue their own obligations with little coordination from Petrograd or Moscow — hence the proliferation of local "money surrogates" across southern Russia in this period.
Pick S408 belongs to a broader family of Don region emergency issues, several of which are known with significant variations in ink color and serial number placement, likely reflecting disrupted print runs rather than intentional design changes.