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10 Roubles North Caucasian Socialist Soviet Republic
| Issuer | North Caucasian Socialist Soviet Republic |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central text panel bears the large Cyrillic denomination ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ with the numeral 10 superimposed, flanked on each side by decorative sickle-shaped corner ornaments enclosing the date 1918 in square cartouches. The issuing authority СЕВЕРОКАВКАЗСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА is inscribed across the top, with the series designation A.13 at lower left and right, above two lines of manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | СЕВЕРОКАВКАЗСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ 1918 ВЫПУЩЕН НА ОСНОВАНИИ ОБЩЕГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО ЭМИССИОННОГО ПРАВА ПРЕДСЕД. Н.К. КОМИС. ФИН. УПРАВЛЯЮЩ. КАЗНАЧЕЙ ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ А.13 |
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The North Caucasian Socialist Soviet Republic existed for less than a year — proclaimed in early 1918 and crushed by White Army forces before the end of that year. Its paper currency was issued under extreme duress, with the new Soviet administration in Ekaterinodar scrambling to establish economic infrastructure while fighting a civil war on multiple fronts simultaneously.
P#S447 belongs to a series that was produced locally under conditions far removed from any professional printing establishment. Quality control was inconsistent across the run, and the short-lived nature of the issuing authority meant redemption was essentially never formalized — these notes simply ceased to be honored when the government ceased to exist.