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25 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government - State Treasury |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | РУБ. 25 Срок 1 Мая 1920 г. Краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Мая 1920 г. двадцать пять рублей в Государственном Банке, его Конторах и Отделениях. Директор Департамента Государственного Казначейства Начальник Бухгалтерского Отделения Бухгалтер Омск, 1 Мая 1919 г. Bons du Trésor de VINGT-CINQ roubles. Remboursable le 1 Mai 1920. Treasury Bill of TWENTY-FIVE roubles. Payable on 1 May 1920. |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears no printed vignette or textual inscription, with the entire surface covered by a fine geometric guilloche lattice pattern in pale beige tones forming a uniform overall underprint. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government at Omsk was a short-lived anti-Bolshevik administration backed initially by the SR-dominated Siberian Regional Duma, then swept aside by Admiral Kolchak's coup in November 1918. This note dates from the period of Kolchak's rule, when the treasury was desperately attempting to maintain a functioning monetary supply across territory that stretched thousands of kilometers but was rapidly contracting under Red Army pressure.
Printed locally in Omsk rather than by an established security printer, the notes show it — production quality was inconsistent across the series, and paper supplies fluctuated. By late 1919 the entire issue was worthless; Omsk fell to the Bolsheviks in November of that year.