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1 Rouble Semireche Region
| Issuer | Semireche Region State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large ornate Cyrillic monogram 'РУБ' in the centre, rendered in decorative letterpress style with foliate flourishes. To the left, a block of text in pre-reform Cyrillic script sets out the guarantee clause referencing the State Bank and the assets of the Semireche Oblast, with a further line attributing note issuance to the State Bank and warning against counterfeiting. To the right, three signature lines are identified by their titles — Commissar of Finance, Military Commissar, and Controller of the State Bank — each accompanied by a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single light tone on plain paper and displays a symmetrical composition centred on a stylised ornamental '1' flanked by two mirrored vignettes of a rabbit seated amid scrollwork and foliate decoration, all set against a fine stippled guilloche background. The denomination inscription 'РУБЛЬ' appears in curved Cyrillic lettering across the centre, with the legend 'КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ' arching along the top and 'ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ' in bold Cyrillic across the lower portion. The numeral '1' appears in each upper corner. |
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The Semireche Regional State Bank operated out of Vernyi (present-day Almaty) during the Civil War period, when central authority had effectively collapsed across Central Asia and Siberia. This 1 Rouble belongs to a series of emergency regional issues that filled the vacuum left by the breakdown of Romanov-era and then Provisional Government currency supply chains — Semireche being geographically isolated enough that waiting for notes from Omsk or any other White-aligned center was simply not practical.
The series is sparsely documented, and surviving examples are genuinely uncommon. By 1920 the Red Army had consolidated control over the region, rendering these notes worthless almost immediately after issue.