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10 Roubles Turkestan District
| Issuer | Turkestan District (Краевое Правительство Туркестанского Края) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | A classical female bust on a pedestal occupies the upper centre, set against a fine guilloche underprint in pale rose. The denomination '10' appears in large numerals at upper left and right, with the Cyrillic legend 'ВРЕМЕННЫЙ КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ' (Temporary Credit Note) across the top and 'ТУРКЕСТАНСКАГО КРАЯ' below. Arabic script '١٠ سوم' flanks the central cartouche, which bears the authorisation text and date 1918, with serial number 'ВВ 1415' at lower left and right and manuscript signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is laid out symmetrically with large red numerals '10' at centre, surrounded by an ornate scrollwork cartouche and foliate corner vignettes. The denomination 'ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ' (Ten Roubles) is rendered in bold Cyrillic lettering across the lower portion, with '10 РУБЛЕЙ' repeated in the lower corners. A text block at upper centre states the note's issue authority under the decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian Socialist Federative Republic, and a second inscription at lower centre notes the obligation of acceptance. The date '1918' appears at the bottom. |
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The Turkestan Krai government issued this note during a brief and violent window of autonomy. After the Bolsheviks took Tashkent in late 1917, the Russian settler-dominated Soviet administration excluded the local Muslim population almost entirely from governance — the rival Turkestan Autonomy government, based in Kokand, was crushed militarily in February 1918. The Krai government that issued this note occupied an uneasy middle position, producing emergency paper currency against a backdrop of civil war, grain requisitioning, and near-total disruption of the Tashkent banking system.
P#S1165 falls within a series of regional provisional issues that became effectively worthless within months of printing.