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10 Kopecks Altai
| Issuer | Altai Regional Government |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Protection type | Hand stamp |
| Protection description | Circular hand stamp applied as a validation mark, visible on the note face. |
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The Altai Regional Government was one of dozens of local and provisional authorities that issued emergency scrip during the chaotic final phase of the Russian Civil War, when Bolshevik control over Siberia was still being consolidated. These small-denomination notes filled a practical gap left by the near-total collapse of reliable currency supply in remote interior regions far from any functioning central bank.
The hand stamp as the sole security feature reflects the improvised nature of the issue — validation by rubber stamp rather than by any printing technology was common among Siberian provisional issuers of this period. Survivorship is uneven; many were redeemed or destroyed once Soviet monetary authority was extended into the region.