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100 Roubles Control Stamp - Type 1
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank (Читинское Отделение Государственного Банка) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain note of simple design with a rectangular frame enclosing the face. A printed paper control stamp bearing the denomination 100 roubles is affixed to the note alongside the authorising text of the Chita Branch of the State Bank. A circular ink cancellation stamp of the same branch is applied, validating the note for circulation within the Transbaikal region on a par with standard credit notes. |
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| Obverse lettering | Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛѢНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имѣетъ хожденіе наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами в предѣлахъ Забайкальской области. (Paper Stamp) 100 сто руб контрольная марка сто руб 100 (Ink stamp) Читинское Отделение Государственного Банка (Translation: (Note) CHITA BRANCH OF THE STATE BANK. Valid for use in the Baikal region on a par with banknotes. (Paper Stamp) 100 one hundred roubles Control Stamp one hundred roubles 100 (Ink stamp) Chita Branch of the State Bank) |
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In 1918, the Chita branch of the State Bank found itself operating under the authority of the Far Eastern government while the civil war fragmented Russia's currency supply beyond any central coordination. Rather than print new notes outright, branches like Chita resorted to overprinting existing Imperial or Provisional Government issues with control stamps — a quick administrative fix to distinguish locally authorized currency from the flood of competing emissions circulating across Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Type 1 distinguishes this stamp variant from at least one subsequent overprint iteration applied to the same base denomination, suggesting the branch revised its authentication method mid-issue — a detail worth tracking when attributing examples to specific circulation windows.