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100 Roubles Samara Directory
| Issuer | Provisional Government of Russia |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ЗАЁМЪ СВОБОДЫ ГОСУДАРСТВЕН. ДУМА 5% ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ СТО РУБЛЕЙ НАРИЦАТЕЛЬНЫХЪ Министръ-Предсѣдатель Петроградъ, 27 марта 1917 года №0953040 I серія |
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| Reverse lettering | 1917 ✦ ЗАЁМЪ СВОБОДЫ ✦ 1917 выпущенный на основаніи Постановленія Временного Правительства отъ 27 марта 1917 года Срокъ послѣдняго купона 16 марта 1922 года Управляющій Государственнымъ Комиссіею Погашенія Долговъ Бухгалтеръ |
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The Provisional Government's authority was already fracturing when this note was issued through the Samara branch network in 1917. Following the October Revolution, numerous regional and provisional authorities continued printing notes backed by little more than political hope, and the Samara Directory issues fall squarely into that chaotic interregnum — competing with Bolshevik emissions, White Army scrip, and a dozen other local obligations circulating simultaneously across the Volga region.
Printed in Petrograd even as Bolshevik control of the city tightened, the logistics of distribution to Samara alone tell a story of administrative collapse. The S801 series is not rare in low grades but clean examples are genuinely difficult, given the rough handling typical of wartime provincial circulation.