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100 Roubles Zhytomyr - Government Bank
| Issuer | State Bank, Zhytomyr Branch |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse on coarse paper, heavily worn with visible fold lines. Two handwritten signatures appear in ink across the centre of the note, with faint printed text visible at upper left in Cyrillic script. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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In 1918, the collapse of central authority across the former Russian Empire forced regional bank branches to issue their own emergency money. The Zhytomyr branch of the State Bank was one of dozens that produced locally authorized notes to keep commerce functioning amid the chaotic succession of governments — Russian Provisional, Central Rada, Hetmanate, and Bolshevik forces all passed through Zhytomyr within months of each other that year.
The official stamp served as the primary authenticating device, a stopgap measure when engraved security printing was neither available nor practical. P#S363 falls into a broader family of Ukrainian regional emergency issues that are poorly documented and frequently surface with attribution questions.