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100 Roubles Control Stamp - Type 2
| Issuer | Chita Branch of the State Bank (Russia - Civil War issues) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | (Note) ЧИТИНСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ Государственнаго Банка. Имеет хождение наравне с кредитными билетами в пределах 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) |
| Reverse description | The reverse, visible here as the back of the note, shows the printed text and border in mirror image through the thin paper, with no independent design elements, inscriptions, or ornamentation; the surface is otherwise plain and unprinted. |
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The Chita Branch of the State Bank began issuing locally overprinted currency in 1918 as Siberia fractured into competing White, Red, and independent regional authorities. Ataman Grigory Semyonov's forces controlled the Trans-Baikal region around Chita for much of the Civil War period, and the branch operated under conditions where supply lines to central printing facilities in European Russia were effectively severed. Control stamps were a practical workaround — existing Romanov-era or Provisional Government notes received official branch authorization marks, creating a second recognized type distinct from the first by stamp placement or ink color, depending on the printing batch.
The Type 2 designation indicates a variant within the Chita overprint program, though precise differentiation criteria between Type 1 and Type 2 remain debated among specialists of Siberian Civil War issues.