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| Issuer | Armavir Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ТВЕРДЫЙ ГАРАНТИРОВАННЫЙ ЧЕКЪ Армавирскаго отдѣленія Государственнаго банка НА 200 РУБ. Прошу заплатить предъявителю сего ДВѢСТИ рублей и таковую же сумму списать съ моего текущаго счета № Азовско-Донской Коммерческій Банкъ Серія В № |
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| Reverse lettering | Настоящій чекъ акцептованъ Армавирскимъ отдѣленіемъ Государственнаго банка и имѣетъ хожденіе наравнѣ съ Государственными кредитными билетами до 1-го Іюля 1918 г. Чекъ съ исправленіями оплатѣ не подлежитъ. Управляющій Контролеръ |
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Armavir, a trading town in the Kuban region, briefly hosted a branch of the State Bank during the chaotic interregnum of 1918, when central authority had effectively ceased to exist across much of the northern Caucasus. Dozens of local institutions — city councils, cooperative banks, military commands — began printing their own obligations that year, and the Armavir branch was among them. The result was a patchwork of competing local currencies that circulated simultaneously, often at wildly different effective rates depending on who controlled the nearest checkpoint.
The "I" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a specific typographical or paper variant within the 200-rouble Armavir series — collectors should verify the precise distinguishing features against a current Specialized catalog, as the variant attributions for Kuban regional issues have been revised more than once.