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25 Roubles Mineralnye Vody District
| Issuer | Mineralovodskoe Gorodskoe Samoupravlenie (Mineralnye Vody Municipal Government) |
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| Year | 1917-1918 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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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 |
| Reverse description | Three classical columns form an architectural vignette across the centre of the note, with draped garlands suspended between them. The denomination ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ is printed in large Cyrillic text at centre, with the numeral 25 repeated in each corner. Redemption text appears in panels to the left and right of the central inscription, with a manuscript signature of the Manager of the Pyatigorsk Branch of the State Bank at lower right. |
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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.