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25 Roubles Second Provisional Siberian Administration
| Issuer | Second Provisional Siberian Administration |
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| Year | 1919-1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typographed note in dark ink on plain paper, with four circular medallions at each corner, each bearing the Cyrillic denomination inscription ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ in two upper medallions and РУБЛЕЙ / 25 in the two lower medallions. A central oval guilloche frame, formed by interlaced scrollwork, is left blank for overprint or serial number application. A repeating border legend encircles each medallion. |
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| Obverse lettering | ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ РУБЛЕЙ 25 25 ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ РУБЛЕЙ |
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The Second Provisional Siberian Administration occupied a brief and chaotic window during the Russian Civil War, when White movement governments were issuing currency faster than they could consolidate territory. This 25 Rouble note belongs to a series that circulated across a region where Kolchak's forces, various Cossack atamans, and Allied intervention troops were all operating simultaneously — and where public confidence in any paper issue was understandably thin.
Multiple overlapping currencies were in play across Siberia during 1919–1920, and this note would have competed directly with Kolchak's own Omsk issues, Kerensky-era carry-overs, and locally struck substitutes. By early 1920, Kolchak's government had collapsed entirely, rendering most of these issues worthless within months of printing.