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1000 Roubles First Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government (State Treasury of Siberia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A short-term 5% obligation of the State Treasury of Siberia, dated 1 October 1918 and issued at Omsk. The double-headed eagle vignette appears at left within a decorative panel, with the denomination '1000' printed vertically along the left border. The central text in Cyrillic letterpress states the obligation to pay one thousand roubles through the State Bank of Siberia and its branches, with manuscript signatures of the Director and Chief Accountant of the State Treasury Department below. |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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The Siberian Provisional Government's 1918 rouble issues emerged from one of the more chaotic moments in Russian monetary history — the White movement controlling Siberia needed functional currency almost immediately after seizing administrative territory from the Bolsheviks, and local printing at Omsk was the only practical option. The State Treasury of Siberia was standing up operations essentially from scratch, drawing on whatever printing capacity existed in the city.
Pick S822 belongs to the First Siberian Provisional Administration series, which predates the better-known Kolchak-era issues. These notes circulated in a region where Soviet, Tsarist, Kerensky, and regional issues were all competing simultaneously — acceptance was as much a local political judgment as an economic one.
The guilloche underprint was produced with locally available equipment, noticeably cruder than contemporary issues from European printers.