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200 Roubles Zhytomyr - United Bank
| Issuer | Soединённый Банк, Житомирское Отделение Государственного Банка (United Bank, Zhytomyr Branch of the State Bank) |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Bearer cheque issued by the Соединенный Банк, Житомирское Отделение (United Bank, Zhytomyr Branch) on behalf of the State Bank, with the denomination 200 roubles printed at upper right. The central text, rendered in Cyrillic letterpress, orders payment to the bearer of двести рублей (two hundred roubles), with a stamped date of 10 МАЙ 1918 in violet ink. Vertical guilloche-pattern borders run along both left and right margins, and a notice at the top states the cheque is valid for ten days from date of issue. |
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| Reverse lettering | Сей чек действителен и после истечения десяти дней и подлежит обмену на наличные деньги по получении денежных знаков в Житомирском Отделении Государственного Банка. Житомирское Отделение Государственного Банка. |
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Zhytomyr's wartime scrip occupies an awkward place in Ukrainian monetary history — issued under the authority of a State Bank branch during a period when at least four competing governments claimed sovereignty over Volhynia in rapid succession. The "United Bank" designation reflects a short-lived administrative arrangement, not a separate banking institution.
P#S364C is one of several denominations in this local emission, authorized as the national supply of imperial Russian notes collapsed and Kyiv could not reliably distribute replacement currency to provincial centers. Survival rates are uneven across the series — Zhytomyr changed hands repeatedly between Bolshevik, Ukrainian People's Republic, and Polish forces, and much of the local paper stock was either destroyed or simply abandoned.