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250 Roubles North Caucasian Emirate
| Issuer | North Caucasian Emirate |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The face is dominated by an ornate oval cartouche at left, framed by elaborate foliate and arabesque scrollwork in a single-colour letterpress design. Bilingual text appears at centre in Arabic and Cyrillic scripts, with the denomination '250' repeated in each corner; the legends 'BILLET DE CREDIT' and 'КРЕДИТНЫЙ БИЛЕТЪ' flank a central vignette of scales of justice. The denomination '250 ROUBLES / 250 РУБЛЕЙ' is printed in large face value numerals below the central text panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | ПОДАЛБКА ПРЕСЛѢДУЕТСЯ ЗАКОНОМЪ |
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The North Caucasian Emirate was a short-lived Islamic state proclaimed in September 1919 by Uzun Haji in the mountainous interior of the Northern Caucasus, operating in direct opposition to both the Volunteer Army of Denikin and the Bolsheviks. Its paper currency was issued under extraordinary conditions — no stable banking infrastructure, no mint, a region actively contested by multiple armed forces — which makes any surviving note genuinely rare.
The Emirate collapsed following Uzun Haji's death in May 1920 and the subsequent Bolshevik consolidation of the region. Notes were never redeemed.