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100 Roubles Kama Region
| Issuer | Russia - Civil war issues |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Imperial double-headed eagle arms at upper centre, flanked by serial number repeated twice. The main text in Cyrillic reads 'ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ 5½% ВОЕННЫЙ КРАТКОСРОЧНЫЙ ЗАЕМЪ 1915 года' above the bold denomination inscription 'ОБЛИГАЦІЯ В СТО РУБЛЕЙ НА ПРЕДЪЯВИТЕЛЯ'. A dense block of Cyrillic text containing the bond conditions occupies the lower half of the note, with printed signatures of authorising officials at the foot. The entire design is framed within a fine ornamental guilloche border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ 5½% ВОЕННЫЙ КРАТКОСРОЧНЫЙ ЗАЕМЪ 1915 года на нарицательный капитал 1.000.000.000 рублей ОБЛИГАЦІЯ В СТО РУБЛЕЙ НА ПРЕДЪЯВИТЕЛЯ |
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The Kama Region issues belong to the chaotic proliferation of local emergency money that spread across Russia during the Civil War years, when central monetary authority had effectively collapsed and regional bodies, cooperatives, municipalities, and even individual enterprises began printing their own scrip to fill the void. The Kama River basin — covering parts of what is now Perm Krai — was contested territory during the conflict between Bolshevik and White Army forces.
The 1915 date on this note almost certainly does not reflect actual issue in that year. Regional scrip of this type was routinely backdated, or the date field referred to an authorization or charter year rather than the moment of printing or circulation. Pick S907 is sparsely documented, and provenance for individual examples is rarely traceable.