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| Issuer | Mineralovodskoe Gorodskoe Samoupravlenie (Mineralnye Vody Municipal Government) |
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| Year | 1917-1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | МИНЕРАЛОВОДСКІЯ ГОРОДСКІЯ САМОУПРАВЛЕНІЯ ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ Принимаются как тайны казначейства государственными и частными банками наравне с кредитными билетами без ограничения суммы Пятигорский Городской Голова Кисловодский Городской Голова |
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| Reverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ Разменные знаки обеспечиваются полной суммой неприкосновенным вкладом в Пятигорском Отделении Государственного Банка и на Кисловодского Городской Само управлений Управляющий Пятигорским Отд. Государственного Банка 1917 |
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Mineralnye Vody, a small spa and railway junction in the North Caucasus, was one of dozens of Russian municipalities forced into emergency currency production after the February Revolution collapsed central monetary supply chains. The Provisional Government never solved the change shortage, and by late 1917 local administrations were printing their own scrip simply to make commerce function at all.
The Mineralovodskoe Gorodskoe Samoupravlenie notes circulated through a period of violent political turnover — the region changed hands repeatedly between Whites, Reds, and local forces between 1918 and 1920. Most examples were destroyed, lost, or rendered worthless almost immediately after issue.