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25 Roubles Odessa
| Issuer | City of Odessa (Одесса) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Wavy line pattern throughout the paper |
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Odessa's municipal authority issued its own currency in 1917 as central monetary control collapsed following the February Revolution. The city — then one of the busiest ports on the Black Sea — acted alongside dozens of other regional bodies, cooperatives, and town councils that filled the void left by a Provisional Government unable to maintain an adequate supply of small change and functioning banknotes across the empire's far-flung territories.
The watermark is the one concession to security on what is otherwise a fairly rudimentary locally produced note. Odessa would change hands multiple times between 1917 and 1920, and notes from this municipal series passed through Ukrainian, White Army, and Soviet-controlled periods in quick succession.