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25 Roubles Crimea
| Issuer | Крымское Краевое Правительство (Crimean Regional Government) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and lilac note with an overall guilloche underprint and ornamental rosette corners. The Imperial double-headed eagle arms are centered at the top, flanked by the denomination numeral '25' on each side. The text 'ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ КРЫМСКАГО КРАЕВОГО КАЗНАЧЕЙСТВА' appears in large Cyrillic lettering across the upper portion, with 'ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ' below, and a central cartouche reading 'ОБЕЗПЕЧИВАЕТСЯ ВСѢМЪ ДОСТОЯНІЕМЪ КРЫМА'; multiple facsimile signatures and the serial number appear along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown note with an intricate guilloche underprint of interlaced rope-like patterns filling the entire field. At centre, a circular vignette frames a map of the Crimean Peninsula, surrounded by the denomination inscription in a wreath-like border with the date '1918' incorporated below the map. A rectangular cartouche in the lower centre carries the legal tender obligation text, with the denomination numeral '25' repeated in each corner. |
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The Crimean Regional Government, established under General Sulkevich in June 1918 under German occupation, had an extraordinarily brief administrative life — it collapsed by November of that year when German forces withdrew following the Armistice. This note was issued during that narrow window, making it one of the more acutely time-stamped emissions of the Civil War period's fractured south.
The broader S370–S374 series is known for uneven print quality and paper stock inconsistencies, a predictable consequence of improvised wartime production. Sulkevich's government never controlled a functioning central bank, which shows.