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10 Roubles Transcaucasian Commissariat
| Issuer | Transcaucasian Commissariat |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 10 Roubles |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown on pale underprint within an ornamental border frame. Three circular guilloche medallions each enclosing the numeral 10 are accompanied by the denomination rendered in three languages — Armenian (ՏԱՍԸ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ), Georgian (ათი მანეთი), and Arabic script — affirming the bond's validity across the region. A Cyrillic warning inscription at the lower centre states that counterfeiters will be subject to the same penalties as forgers of state credit notes, with numeral 10 repeated at lower left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ՏԱՍԸ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ աthი მანეთი სავალდებულო მიმოქცევაში როგორც სახელმწიფო საკრედიტო ბილეთი این سات دولت كاغذ بو ايله وابراپله ЗА ПОДДЕЛКУ БОНОВ ВИНОВНЫЕ ПОДВЕРГАЮТСЯ НАКАЗАНИЮ КАК ЗА ПОДДЕЛКУ КРЕДИТНЫХ БИЛЕТОВ |
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The Transcaucasian Commissariat was a short-lived federation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia that declared independence from Russia in April 1918 and dissolved barely a month later in May, when the three constituent republics each went their separate ways. This 10 Rouble note was issued during that compressed window of political existence — an entity that lasted roughly five weeks as a unified state, yet still managed to produce currency.
The rouble denomination anchored it deliberately to the Russian monetary system, reflecting the practical reality that the region had no time to establish an independent monetary framework before the federation collapsed entirely.