100 Roubles Turkestan District

The Turkestan District issues of 1918 were emergency money in the most literal sense — the Tashkent branch of the State Bank was cut off from central supply following the Bolshevik takeover of the region in late 1917 and the collapse of normal currency distribution routes. Local printing was the only option. The results were rudimentary by any standard: limited equipment, scarce ink stocks, and no security printing infrastructure to speak of.

Turkestan's geographic isolation during the Civil War period meant these notes circulated in a closed regional economy for longer than intended, often alongside a chaotic mix of tsarist, Provisional Government, and rival Soviet issues.