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10 Roubles Sochi
| Issuer | Sochi City Administration (Сочинское Городское Управление) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Dark olive-green typographic print on plain paper. The upper portion carries the legend БОНЫ СОЧИНСКАГО ГОРОДСКОГО УПРАВЛЕНIЯ within a decorative scroll border, flanked by large numeral 10 cyphers in ornate cartouches at each corner. A central circular guilloche medallion bears the Cyrillic numeral and denomination РУБЛЕЙ, below which appears the serial number. Signature lines for the City Head (Городск. Голова), two Members of the Board (Члены Управы), and the Cashier (Кассиръ) are printed at lower right, with handwritten signatures. |
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| Reverse lettering | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ 10 I. Боны обязательны къ прiему въ г. Сочи и Сочинскомъ Округѣ наравнѣ съ кред. билет. до 30 Сентября 1920 г., послѣ чего, въ теченiе 3 мѣс. обмѣниваются Город. Управ. на денежные знаки, которымъ будетъ присвоено право закон. хожденiя. II. Съ 1 янв. 1921 г. боны теряютъ значенiе денеж. знака. III. За поддѣлку бонъ виновные подвергаются наказанiю, какъ за поддѣлку кредитныхъ билетовъ. |
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Sochi's municipal administration issued its own currency in 1919 during a period of almost comical governmental fragmentation across the Black Sea coast — White Army forces, Georgian troops, and various local committees were simultaneously claiming jurisdiction over the same territory. The city had no reliable access to Denikin's supply of banknotes, so local scrip became a practical necessity rather than a political statement.
The S585 series exists in several color and typographic variants, and attribution within the series can be contested — dealers occasionally conflate A, B, and C sub-types when condition obscures the distinguishing details.