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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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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, a vertical ornamental panel bearing the numeral 25 and a double-headed eagle vignette within a diamond-shaped guilloche frame. The central text field carries the Russian State Treasury short-term obligation legend in Cyrillic, with the denomination РУБ. 25 at upper right and a payable date of 1 June 1920. Two facsimile signatures of Treasury officials appear in the lower central area, with the place and date of issue reading Омск, 1 Июля 1919 г. at foot. A French-language legend runs vertically along the left border and an English-language legend along the right border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Краткосрочное обязательство Государств. Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Іюня 1920 г. двадцать пять рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ Директоръ Департам. Государств. Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерскаго Отдѣленія Бухгалтеръ Омскъ, 1 Іюля 1919 г. РУБ. 25 Срокъ 1 Іюню 1920 г. Bons du Trésor de VINGT CINQ roubles. Remboursable le 1 Juin 1920. Treasury Bill of TWENTY FIVE roubles. Payable on 1 June 1920. |
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The Siberian Provisional Government — headquartered in Omsk under Admiral Kolchak from November 1918 — printed its own treasury notes as the White movement's administrative finances grew increasingly desperate. This 25 Rouble issue belongs to a series produced entirely within Omsk, a significant constraint given the limited printing infrastructure available to an anti-Bolshevik administration fighting on multiple fronts while simultaneously trying to project the credibility of a functioning state.
Kolchak's government collapsed in early 1920. Notes from this series circulated across a shrinking territory and were rendered worthless almost immediately — surviving examples owe their existence largely to the speed of that collapse, which left unissued stock intact rather than destroyed.