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10 Roubles Vladikavkaz
| Issuer | Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on plain paper within a decorative guilloche border, with the issuing authority «ВЛАДИКАВКАЗСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО БАНКА» printed in bold Cyrillic. The numeral «10» appears as a large teal underprint at centre, with the denomination «ДЕСЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ» printed in bold red across the middle register. Serial number appears at upper right, with a manuscript date and a single handwritten signature below. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse covered entirely in Cyrillic cursive script text constituting the guarantee clause, stating that the cheque is secured by funds held in the current account of the Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank and circulates on a par with State credit notes. A circular violet official stamp is impressed at lower left, below which appear the printed titles «Управляющий» and «Контролёр» with a handwritten signature alongside the latter. |
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The Vladikavkaz Branch of the State Bank issued local emergency currency during the civil war period when the Caucasus region was in genuine administrative chaos — Bolshevik, White, and short-lived Terek Soviet Republic authorities all competed for control of the same territory within months of each other. Branch-issued notes like this one filled the vacuum left by the collapse of central Petrograd supply lines.
The S600 series exists in multiple variants distinguished by minor typographic and paper differences, which is why Pick catalogs the B subtype separately. Distinguishing them reliably requires close attention to ink color and text alignment rather than any obvious design change.