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100 Roubles North Caucasian Socialist Soviet Republic
| Issuer | Executive Committee of the Soviets of the North Caucasus |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | РОССИЙСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАТИВНАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА ПРОЛЕТАРИИ ВСЕХ СТРАН, СОЕДИНЯЙТЕСЬ Краевого Исполнительного Комитета Советов Северного Кавказа ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАК СТО РУБЛЕЙ Имеет хождение наравне с общегосударственными деньгами Председатель КИК Комиссар финансов Управляющий делами Казначейства |
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| Reverse lettering | 1918 ГОД ВЫПУЩЕН НА ОСНОВАНИИ ОБЩЕГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО ЭМИССИОННОГО ПРАВА ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ РУБЛЕЙ |
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The North Caucasian Soviet Republic was a short-lived Bolshevik entity that emerged in the chaos following the October Revolution, controlling parts of the Kuban and Terek regions for little more than a year before being overrun by White Army forces. Local Soviet administrations across the former empire were issuing their own currency during this period out of sheer necessity — the center could not supply notes fast enough, and regional economies were collapsing without a functioning medium of exchange.
Printing quality for these regional emissions was often constrained by whatever equipment happened to be at hand. Survivors tend to show heavy use, reflecting the instability of the period rather than any particular fragility of the paper stock.