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25 Roubles Rostov
| Issuer | Rostov Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 25 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Classical allegorical female figure in robes standing at left, holding a sword, within a guilloche border frame. Central text in Cyrillic gives the denomination ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in large letterpress, with a smaller text block below stating the note is issued by the Rostov Branch of the State Bank and circulates on par with State Credit Notes. Serial number appears at upper left and right, with the numeral 25 in an ornate cartouche at lower right and the date 1918 at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | Symmetrical architectural vignette with two standing classical male figures acting as caryatids at left and right, each resting on ornate pedestals with torches below. A central panel carries the mandatory acceptance text in Cyrillic in large letterpress, with the denomination numeral 25 as an underprint watermark-style element in the centre. A warning against counterfeiting appears in a lower panel, and a small ornamental device with the numeral 25 is placed at the top centre within a decorative frame. |
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The Rostov Branch of the State Bank was one of several regional institutions that issued their own rouble notes during the Civil War period, when central authority had effectively collapsed and local commanders, municipalities, and bank branches all improvised their own currency. This particular note circulated in territory that changed hands repeatedly between White and Red forces — Rostov-on-Don fell to the Bolsheviks in February 1918, was retaken by the Don Cossacks by May, and changed hands again before the war's end.
The print date of 30 April 1945 in the catalog data is almost certainly a recording artifact, not a production date.