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25 Roubles Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia - Shirak
| Issuer | Shirak Regional Bank (Ширакский Областной Банк) |
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| Year | 1920-1921 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned note printed on plain white paper with a simple rectangular border. The face value numeral '25' is printed in large bold type at centre, flanked by Armenian text to the left reading 'ՔՍԱՆՀԻՆԳ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ' and Russian text to the right reading 'Двадцать пять рублей'. A heading in Armenian script runs across the top, with three handwritten signatures and an Armenian-language liability clause in small letterpress text below the denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | ՇԻՐԱԿԻ ՔԱՂԱՔԱՅԻՆ ՀԱՍԱՐԱԿԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆՔ ՔՍԱՆՀԻՆԳ ՌՈՒԲԼԻ 25 Двадцать пять рублей |
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The Shirak Regional Bank operated under Soviet authority in northwestern Armenia during the chaotic transitional period following the Red Army's takeover in late November 1920. Regional banks across the Transcaucasus issued their own notes during this window precisely because central supply lines for currency were broken — Moscow's printing infrastructure hadn't yet absorbed the newly Sovietized republics, and local economic activity couldn't simply pause.
The handstamp is the authentication mechanism here, not an afterthought. Without it, the note had no standing. Shirak-issued material is genuinely scarce; the region's output was small, the period brief, and survival rates low.