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100 Roubles Vladikavkaz Railway Company
| Issuer | Vladikavkaz Railway Company |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ЗАЕМНЫЙ БИЛЕТ ОБЩЕСТВА ВЛАДИКАВКАЗСКОЙ ЖЕЛЕЗНОЙ ДОРОГИ ВЫПУЩЕННЫЙ ИЗ 5 4½% СРОКОМ НА ДВА ГОДА В СТО РУБЛЕЙ 1 СЕНТЯБРЯ 1918 ГОДА ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬ ПРАВЛЕНИЯ НАЧАЛЬНИК ГЛАВ. БУХГАЛТЕРИИ ПОДДЕЛКА БИЛЕТОВ ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ ВЫПУСК БИЛЕТОВ КОНТРОЛИРУЕТСЯ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ 100 РУБЛЕЙ |
| Reverse description | Map of the Caucasus region printed in the central field, tracing the Vladikavkaz Railway's main line from Rostov-on-the-Don through to Petrovsk and Baku, with branch lines indicated. The map is surrounded by a decorative border with guilloche patterning and repeated denomination numerals. |
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The Vladikavkaz Railway Company was one of several Russian industrial and transport enterprises that began issuing their own paper money during the monetary chaos of 1917–1918, when Bolshevik disruptions to the central banking system left regional economies functionally starved of small and mid-denomination currency. Railway companies were particularly well-positioned to do this — they controlled vast physical infrastructure, employed tens of thousands of workers who needed to be paid, and operated quasi-autonomous commercial networks across wide territories.
P#S594 falls within the broader "S" series of Russian Civil War-era locals, a classification that encompasses hundreds of issuers ranging from city dumas to cooperatives to Cossack administrations. The Vladikavkaz line ran from Rostov-on-Don southeast through the North Caucasus — territory that changed hands repeatedly between Red and White forces through 1919 and 1920, which likely curtailed this note's practical circulation window considerably.