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10 Roubles Astrakhan Region
| Issuer | Astrakhan Treasury |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | ВРЕМЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ АСТРАХАНСКАГО КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВА 10 РУБЛЕЙ 10 РУБ. Комиссар финансов Казначей |
| Reverse description | Large numeral '10' at centre within an ornate guilloche oval, surrounded by elaborate scrollwork and foliate designs in brownish-red and green tones. The word 'ДЕСЯТЬ' appears to the upper left and 'РУБЛЕЙ' to the upper right of the central numeral, with the serial prefix 'Б.В.110.' printed at left and right margins. Two allegorical female heads are set within the side cartouches, and text inscriptions appear below the central design, including the year '1918' and a warning against counterfeiting. |
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The Astrakhan Treasury issued this note during the Civil War period when central banking had effectively collapsed across most of Russia. Local government bodies, cooperatives, railway administrations, and municipal treasuries all began printing their own emergency scrip out of sheer necessity — not political ambition, but the complete absence of currency reaching the provinces from Moscow or Petrograd.
Astrakhan, sitting at the mouth of the Volga on the Caspian, was a contested zone. The city changed hands between Red and White forces more than once in 1918–1919, and local emissions like this one often ceased to be honored within months of issue.