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25 Roubles Far Eastern Republic
| Issuer | Far Eastern Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1205 |
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| Reverse description | Monochromatic typographic reverse with an overall fine lathe-work guilloche underprint covering the entire field. A central circular vignette displays a sheaf of wheat above an anchor and hammer, symbolising agrarian and industrial labour; the letters Д, В, and Р are placed at the left, right, and bottom of the vignette respectively, serving as initials for Дальне-Восточная Республика. A decorative rope-pattern border frames the note, and a boxed anti-counterfeiting legend appears at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | ПОДДЕЛКА ПРЕСЛЕДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМ |
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The Far Eastern Republic was a short-lived Soviet buffer state established in April 1920 to avoid direct military confrontation with Japan, which still had forces in the region. Its paper currency was accordingly provisional in character — issued not by a central bank with any real monetary infrastructure but by a transitional authority that everyone understood would not last. The republic was absorbed into Soviet Russia in November 1922.
P#S1205 belongs to the "S" (Specialized) prefix in Pick, reflecting its status as a regional emergency emission rather than a mainstream national issue. These notes circulated in a zone where multiple competing currencies — Kolchak-era Siberian notes, Japanese military scrip, and various local issues — were simultaneously in use, making acceptance deeply unreliable.