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100 Roubles Zhytomyr - National Bank
| Issuer | Narodny Bank (People's Bank), Zhytomyr Branch |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | А.Б. СТО РУБЛЕЙ 1919 ГОДА РАЗМЕННЫЙ БИЛЕТ НАРОДНОГО БАНКА Г. ЖИТОМИРА ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ |
| Reverse description | Uniform pale guilloche underprint in a fine cross-hatch lattice pattern covers the entire field, printed in pink. Denomination numerals 100 appear in each corner within circular ornamental frames, and the text СТО РУБЛЕЙ runs in a solid band across both the top and bottom borders. The central area carries two paragraphs of Cyrillic text setting out the conditions of exchange and public notice obligations of the Zhytomyr Branch of the People's Bank. |
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Pick S346 falls within the vast and chaotic category of Ukrainian provincial issues produced during the civil war period, when the collapse of central authority forced regional branches of the Narodny Bank to issue their own notes simply to keep local economies functioning. Zhytomyr, as the administrative center of Volhynia, was one of several cities that exercised this ad hoc monetary authority during 1919 — a year when the city changed hands repeatedly between Bolshevik, Ukrainian People's Republic, and Polish forces.
The S-prefix in the Pick number signals a local or provisional issue, and survival rates for Zhytomyr branch notes are uneven; many were rendered worthless almost immediately as occupying forces invalidated predecessor currencies.