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10 Kopecks Priamur Region
| Issuer | Priamur Regional Government |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in brown on a pale ground with a guilloche border and ornamental corner devices. A double-headed eagle vignette occupies the centre between two large numeral '10' counters. The upper legend reads РАЗМЕННЫЙ ЗНАКЪ, the denomination ДЕСЯТЬ КОПЕКЪ appears below the eagle, and the lower inscription states the note circulates on a par with credit notes, with the date line ОБРАЗЦА 1918 ГОДА at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a warm orange-brown tone with a uniform wave-pattern guilloche underprint and a plain outer frame with small floral corner ornaments. A double-headed eagle without crowns is set within a large circular dotted vignette at centre. The single line of text at the foot reads ПОДДѢЛКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ (Counterfeiting is prosecuted by law). |
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The Priamur Regional Government was one of several anti-Bolshevik administrations that issued local currency during the Russian Civil War, when central monetary authority had effectively collapsed east of the Urals. These fractional kopek notes filled an acute shortage of small change — a problem that predated the revolution and worsened dramatically after 1917 as coin hoarding became endemic across Siberia and the Russian Far East.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference places this squarely in the specialist category of Russian Civil War regional issues, a field where provenance matters considerably and forgeries of the more obscure types do circulate.