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1000 Roubles Samara Directory
| Issuer | Russian Imperial Government (State War Loan) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A State 5½% War Short-Term Loan obligation of the second 1916 issue, with the denomination В ТЫСЯЧУ РУБЛЕЙ set in large bold letterpress at centre. An Imperial double-headed eagle vignette occupies the upper centre, flanked by series and serial designations, all within a decorative guilloche border. The lower half carries a dense block of legal text in small Cyrillic script, with a manuscript signature at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ 5½% ВОЕННЫЙ КРАТКОСРОЧНЫЙ ЗАЕМЪ ВТОРОЙ ВЫПУСКЪ 1916 ГОДА НА НАРИЦАТЕЛЬНЫЙ КАПИТАЛЪ 3.000.000.000 РУБЛЕЙ ОБЛИГАЦІЯ ВЪ ТЫСЯЧУ РУБЛЕЙ НА ПРЕДЪЯВИТЕЛЯ Серія I. №257252 |
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The Samara Directory notes are among the more politically tangled emissions of the Russian Civil War period — despite the "1916" date printed on the face, these were not issued in 1916. They were produced and circulated by the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly (Komuch), a Socialist-Revolutionary government that briefly controlled the middle Volga region in 1918 after Czech Legion forces pushed the Bolsheviks out of Samara. The 1916 date reflects the underlying State War Loan bond series on which the notes were based, not the actual year of issue.
Komuch collapsed by autumn 1918 when White Army forces under the Directory absorbed it. The notes' legitimate authority evaporated with the government that printed them.