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10 Roubles Semireche Region
| Issuer | Semireche Region (Semirechye Oblast) - Provisional Government |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The denomination numeral «10» rendered in large ornate Cyrillic-style digits occupies the centre of the note, above the full text «ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» (Ten Roubles) in bold letterpress. The heading «КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ» (Credit Ticket) appears at the top, flanked by series numbers at upper left and right. A rectangular text panel at the lower centre carries the guarantee inscription in Cyrillic, with three manuscript signatures of regional officials distributed across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ Сер. №004 Пред. Об. Исп. Ком. Упр. Банкомъ Зав. Фин.-Отд. Кассиръ Кредитные билеты обеспечиваются огнем хранящ. въ Государственномъ Банкѣ и всѣмъ достояніемъ области Семирѣчья. Настоящіе билеты размѣниваетъ Государственный Банкъ. Подѣлка преслѣдуется закономъ. |
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Semirechye Oblast sits in what is now southeastern Kazakhstan and northern Kyrgyzstan, and in 1918 it was effectively cut off — geographically isolated, contested by Bolshevik and White forces, and unable to rely on currency supplies from either Omsk or Moscow. Local authorities issued their own notes out of pure necessity, not ideology. The Semireche emissions are among the most regionally specific of all Russian Civil War issues.
P#S1126 is typographically plain, produced under conditions that precluded any serious printing infrastructure. Counterfeiting was reportedly less a concern than simple paper scarcity.