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10 Roubles Batum
| Issuer | Batum Local Authority |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a stylized tree within a circular guilloche frame, with the denomination numeral '10' repeated in each corner. Circular inscription surrounds the central device, with a panel at the foot bearing a warning text in Cyrillic. The note is printed in a single reddish-brown ink on plain paper in a stamp-like format. |
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| Reverse description | Plain reverse printed on thin white paper, with a perforated cancellation pattern forming a vertical sequence of dot clusters, likely a SPECIMEN or cancellation perfin applied across the centre of the note. No printed design elements are present on this side. |
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Batum — present-day Batumi, Georgia — was occupied by British forces from late 1918 through July 1920, a peculiar interlude during which the town existed outside both Russian and Georgian political control. This note was issued by the local civil authority operating under that occupation, part of a series of tiny emergency scrip produced to address a near-total absence of usable currency in the region. The printing was strictly local, which accounts for the crude execution.
At 48 × 31 mm, this is among the smallest paper money issued anywhere during the post-WWI chaos period — closer to a tram ticket in physical format than a banknote.