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25 Roubles Khabarovsk
| Issuer | State Bank, Khabarovsk Branch |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on blue guilloche frame with blue or green underprint, issued as a cheque order drawn on the State Bank (ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА) for 25 roubles. The note bears a hand-written date of 25/13 February 1918, a manuscript serial number, and handwritten amount in Cyrillic script. An overprint in maroon ink bearing the denomination ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ (Twenty-Five Roubles) appears across the central text field. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing a rectangular black letterpress inscription stating the cheque circulates on par with other legal currency and that the sum is secured by a current account. Three manuscript signatures appear below the printed text lines for Управляющий (Manager), Контролёр (Controller), and Бухгалтер (Bookkeeper), accompanied by a circular red stamp of the Khabarovsk branch. |
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In 1918, the Russian Far East was contested territory — Soviet authority had collapsed, and regional branches of the State Bank were issuing their own emergency notes simply to keep commerce moving. The Khabarovsk branch produced this 25 Rouble note locally, which accounts for the rudimentary security: an official stamp in place of any engraved or watermarked protection. The printing infrastructure available in Khabarovsk at the time was nothing like what Moscow or Petrograd could offer.
The S-prefix Pick numbers covering this region reflect just how fragmented Russian currency became during the Civil War period. Khabarovsk itself changed hands multiple times between 1918 and 1922.