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25 Tomans on 100 Mark
| Issuer | Azerbaijan People's Government |
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| Year | 1916-1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote. Ein Hundert Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin ohne Legitimationsprüfung dem Einlieferer dieser Banknote. Berlin, den 21. April 1910. Reichsbankdirektorium ۲۵ تومان |
| Reverse description | The reverse of the underlying 100 Mark Reichsbanknote, printed in blue-grey intaglio, with a central seated allegorical female figure in a landscape vignette, the legend 'Ein Hundert Mark' in Gothic script at upper left, and repeated '100' denominations in the corners. A red Persian-script handstamp overprint has been applied to the right margin panel, corresponding to the Azerbaijan People's Government revaluation. |
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The Azerbaijan People's Government was a short-lived Iranian revolutionary administration established in the northwestern region of Iranian Azerbaijan, not to be confused with the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic further north. This note is an overprint issue — a 25 Toman denomination stamped onto existing German 100 Mark Reichsbanknote stock, an arrangement that speaks directly to the improvised financial infrastructure of a movement that lacked both a mint and time.
The Reichsdruckerei supplied the base material; the overprint itself was almost certainly applied locally under far less controlled conditions. The political entity that issued it collapsed before the series saw meaningful circulation.