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| Issuer | Crimean Regional Treasury (Крымское Краевое Казначейство) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | At upper left, a double-headed eagle coat of arms. The note is set in a text-heavy obligation format, with the heading in Cyrillic reading 'Обязательство Крымского Краевого Казначейства' (Obligation of the Crimean Regional Treasury) and the denomination ТЫСЯЧА (1000) рублей stated both in the body text and along the right vertical border in large letterpress type. The text body details the issuance conditions and redemption terms, dated Simferopol, 1 September 1918, with manuscript signatures of the Minister of Finance and the Treasury Cashier below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Обязательство Крымского Краевого Казначейства На сумму ТЫСЯЧА (1000) руб. ТЫСЯЧА РУБЛЕЙ Управляющий Министерством Финансов Управляющий Краевою Казенною Палатою Казначей |
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The Crimean Regional Treasury notes of 1918 were emergency issues produced under extraordinarily compressed political circumstances. The Crimean Regional Government under Sulkevich came to power in June 1918 under German occupation and lasted barely five months before collapsing in November — meaning the entire lifespan of this issuing authority fit within a single season. These notes were conceived, printed, and largely spent within that window.
Printing in Simferopol rather than an established financial centre meant limited typographic resources. The 1000 Rouble denomination was the highest in the series, issued partly to reduce the physical volume of currency needed to conduct transactions as inflation eroded smaller values.
Superseded by the Second Regional Government's issues almost immediately after the German withdrawal.