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100 Roubles Stavropol
| Issuer | Государственный Банк, Ставропольское Отделение (State Bank, Stavropol Branch) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 100 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Black and green text on plain paper ground. The upper horizontal border carries the validity inscription in Cyrillic, with vertical side borders reading ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНК. The central field bears the issuing authority ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНК / СТАВРОПОЛЬСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ and the denomination Р.100 in bold type at upper right, below which the date 15 Мая 1918 года appears. A large guilloche underprint vignette of СТО occupies the centre, above the bearer payment text СТО РУБЛЕЙ in bold letterpress; handwritten signatures of the Manager (Управляющий) and Controller (Контролер) appear at the foot alongside a manuscript series and number notation. |
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| Obverse lettering | НАСТОЯЩІЙ ТВЕРДЫЙ ЧЕКЪ ДѢЙСТВИТЕЛЕНЪ ДО 1 МАРТА 1919 ГОДА ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ СТАВРОПОЛЬСКОЕ ОТДѢЛЕНІЕ Р. 100 15 Мая 1918 года СТО Прошу заплатить предъявителю сего СТО РУБЛЕЙ и сумму эту списать съ моего текущаго счета Управляющій Контролеръ 4-я серія |
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In 1918, Stavropol changed hands repeatedly between Bolshevik and White forces, and the local State Bank branch issued emergency notes simply to keep commerce functioning during the disruption. These provincial issues were authorized under the broad latitude given to regional branches as central banking infrastructure collapsed — not a separate monetary authority, but a field improvisation by an institution that still technically existed.
P#S520G is among the more obscure Stavropol branch emissions. Printed locally under wartime conditions, production quality varies considerably across surviving examples.