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250 Roubles
| Issuer | Khorezm People's Soviet Republic |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in pink and red on a light ground, with an overall fine guilloche lattice underprint covering the field. Two circular vignettes appear symmetrically in the central area, each containing an ornamental medallion with Arabic script. The denomination numerals '250' are repeated in the top border, and hand-stamped black rectangular seals with Arabic text appear at upper left and upper right, with additional manuscript Arabic script running along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a lighter, predominantly grey and red scheme, with a large radiating sunburst underprint dominating the centre of the field. The denomination '250' appears in large numerals at the upper left, with Cyrillic text to its right. The date '1920' is inscribed in the lower left, accompanied by parallel Arabic script lines giving the date in the Islamic calendar. A border of repetitive ornamental devices frames the entire composition. |
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The Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was a short-lived Soviet client state established in 1920 after the Red Army toppled the Khanate of Khiva — one of Central Asia's oldest surviving monarchies. The new republic needed currency almost immediately and produced its own issues before being absorbed into the Soviet system entirely in 1923 when it was reorganized as the Khorezm Soviet Socialist Republic.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference reflects its classification as a local or semi-official emission rather than a central Soviet issue. These Khorezm notes were printed under extremely limited infrastructure, and the paper and printing quality are characteristically crude — not degradation, but original production reality.