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25 Roubles Field Treasury of the Northwest Front
| Issuer | Field Treasury of the Northwest Front (Полевое Казначейство Северо-Западного Фронта) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Brown print on violet underprint. Central vignette comprises a circular guilloche frame bearing the denomination numeral 25, surrounded by the circular inscription of the issuing authority. To the right, a boxed text panel states the note's legal tender conditions under wartime military law. Two facsimile signatures appear at the lower portion — those of Commander-in-Chief Yudenich and the head of government Lianozov — alongside the date 1919. |
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| Reverse description | Pale green print on a light underprint, dominated by a large spread double-headed eagle rendered in intaglio style, its wings spanning the full width of the note. Within a central cartouche framed by the eagle's body, the equestrian monument of Peter the Great (the Bronze Horseman) is engraved in fine detail. Flanking text panels in Cyrillic script on both left and right sides set out the conditions for exchange and obligatory acceptance of the note. |
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The Northwest Front Field Treasury operated under the White Russian forces commanded by General Nikolai Yudenich during his two offensives against Petrograd in 1919. These notes were issued to pay troops and suppliers in territory briefly held by the Northwestern Army — a force that came within artillery range of Petrograd in October 1919 before collapsing back into Estonia within weeks. The currency's lifespan was measured in months, not years.
Lianozov, whose signature appears alongside Yudenich's, was head of the Northwestern Government — a civilian authority the Allies pressured Yudenich to establish as a condition of recognition. That government existed for roughly two months before dissolving with the army's defeat. Notes signed by both men were effectively worthless before the ink had fully aged.