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10 Roubles Turkestan District
| Issuer | Tashkent Branch of the State Bank (Ташкентское Отделение Государственного Банка) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is composed entirely of typographic and ornamental letterpress elements within a decorative floral border. A large scrollwork ribbon at centre carries the denomination ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in bold Cyrillic display type, with the numeral 10 and РУБЛЕЙ repeated in the lower corners. Above the denomination, a block of Cyrillic text sets out the authority for issue by the Soviet of People's Commissars of the Turkestan region. Below, the anti-counterfeiting warning ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ and the redemption notice ПОДЛЕЖИТ ОБМЕНУ НА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КРЕДИТНЫЕ БИЛЕТЫ are printed in smaller Cyrillic text, with the year 1918 at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | ВЫПУЩЕН ПО РАСПОРЯЖЕНИЮ СОВЕТА НАРОДНЫХ КОМИССАРОВ ТУРКЕСТАНСКОГО КРАЯ СОГЛАСНО ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЯ ОСОБОГО СОВЕЩАНИЯ С УЧАСТИЕМ СОВЕТА НАРОДНЫХ КОМИССАРОВ, ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛЕЙ ВЕДОМСТВ ФИНАНСОВОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ И ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА И КРЕДИТНЫХ УЧРЕЖДЕНИЙ Г. ТАШКЕНТА ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ ПОДЛЕЖИТ ОБМЕНУ НА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЕ КРЕДИТНЫЕ БИЛЕТЫ 10 РУБЛЕЙ 1918 |
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This note was issued under genuinely chaotic circumstances. After the Bolshevik takeover of Tashkent in late October 1917, the new Turkestan Soviet government faced an immediate cash shortage — the Petrograd center was unreachable, and the existing Tashkent branch of the State Bank had limited reserves. Local emission became necessary, and the branch began issuing its own denominations in 1918 with whatever printing resources were at hand in the city.
The result was printing of noticeably uneven quality, and series consistency across surviving examples is poor. Forgeries of the Turkestan regional issues were also circulating within months of first issue.