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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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| Reverse description | A central circular guilloche medallion bears the numeral 10 with crossed hammer and bell motif encircled by the legend ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН, СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ, rendered in a chain-link border. Sheaves of grain occupy each corner, with the denomination РУБЛЕЙ repeated to the left and right of the central vignette and the numeral 10 at each corner. The inscription РОССИЙСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧ. ФЕДЕРАТИВНАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА arches across the top, with ИМЕЕТ ХОЖДЕНИЕ НАРАВНЕ С ОБЩЕГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ ДЕНЬГАМИ below. |
| Reverse lettering | РОССИЙСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧ. ФЕДЕРАТИВНАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА РУБЛЕЙ РУБЛЕЙ 10 ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН, СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ ИМЕЕТ ХОЖДЕНИЕ НАРАВНЕ С ОБЩЕГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ ДЕНЬГАМИ |
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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.