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1000 Roubles Blagoveshchensk
| Issuer | Blagoveshchensk Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle, flanked symmetrically by the large denomination numeral 1000 and the text РУБЛЕЙ in bold letterpress on both sides. The heading inscription identifies the issuing branch in Cyrillic script above the serial number and series prefix БО, with the issue year 1920 printed below the eagle within a text panel stating equivalency to State credit notes. Three manuscript signatures of the Manager, Cashier, and Controller appear along the lower margin, framed by decorative guilloche corner ornaments. |
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| Obverse lettering | ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ БЛАГОВЪЩЕНСКАГО ОТДѢЛЕНІЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА 1000 РУБЛЕЙ ВЫПУСКЪ 1920 ГОДА ИМЪТЬ ХОЖДЕНІЕ, НАРАВНѢ СЪ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ КРЕДИТНЫМИ БИЛЕТАМИ Управляющій Кассиръ Контролеръ |
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Blagoveshchensk sits on the Amur River directly across from Manchuria, and by 1920 the branch of the State Bank operating there was functioning in near-complete isolation from any central authority. The note belongs to the chaotic Far Eastern period when multiple competing governments — Bolshevik, White, and nominally independent — were all issuing paper simultaneously across the same territory, with predictable consequences for public trust and exchange rates.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference signals a regional emergency issue, not a sanctioned central emission. Survival rates for Far Eastern provisional notes of this period are variable — the political turnover was rapid enough that many were withdrawn, overstamped, or simply abandoned before reaching wide circulation.