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200 Roubles Zhytomyr - Azov Don Commercial Bank
| Issuer | Zhytomyr Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cheque-style note with a simple single-line border frame. The central text block in pre-reform Cyrillic identifies the Zhytomyr Branch of the State Bank (Житомирское Отделение Государственн. Банка), with the denomination Р. 200 printed to the right, dated 10 апреля 1918 г. The vertical left margin carries the text ГОСУДАРСТВ. БАНК in Cyrillic, and a handwritten order to pay the bearer two hundred roubles (двести рублей) appears in the body of the note along with a manuscript debit instruction. |
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| Reverse lettering | Сей чекъ действителенъ и после истечения десяти дней и подлежитъ обмену на наличные деньги по получении денежныхъ знаковъ въ Житомирскомъ Отделении Государственнаго Банка. Чекъ этотъ обязателенъ к приему во все платежи. Подделка чека преследуется закономъ. Житомирское Отделение Государственнаго Банка Управляющий Контролеръ |
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The Azov-Don Commercial Bank was one of Russia's largest joint-stock banks before the revolution, with branches spread across the former empire. During the chaotic months of 1918, local branches of both state and commercial banking institutions in Ukraine issued their own emergency obligations as central monetary authority collapsed — Zhytomyr, as the administrative center of Volhynia Governorate, was one of several provincial cities producing such scrip under multiple issuing names simultaneously.
The P#S355 designation places this firmly in the Ukrainian local issues category, a notoriously difficult series to attribute cleanly given that political control over Zhytomyr changed hands multiple times in 1918 alone — UNR, German occupation, Hetmanate — each transition disrupting supply chains and banking operations.