Portrait of Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov (1753-1818), was Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars and founded Novocherkassk as the new capital of the Don Host Province
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Watermark
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Monogram across note.
Obverse lettering
ДВѢСТИ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТЪ
РУБЛЕЙ
ДОНСКОЙ ВОЙСКОВОЙ АТАМАНЪ
МАТВѢЙ ИВАНОВИЧЪ ПЛАТОВЪ
НАСТОЯЩІЙ ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ ВЫПУЩЕНЪ
РОСТОВСКОИ н/Д КОНТРОН ФОСУДАРСТВЕН-
НАГО БАНКА И ИМѢЕТЪ ХОЖДЕНІЕ НАРАВАНѢ
СЪ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫМИ КРЕДИТНЫМИ
БИЛЕТАМ
1918 (Translation: Two Hundred and Fifty Roubles, Atamans of the Don Army, Matvey Ivanovich Platov, This banknote is issued by the Rostov-on-Don Control of the State Bank and has been approved by the state credit banknote)
Reverse lettering
НАСТОЯЩІЙ ДЕНЕЖНЫЙ ЗНАКЪ
ОБЯЗАТЕЛЕНЪ КЪ ПРІЕМУ ВЪ ПЛАТЕЖИ
ВСѢМИ ПРАВЯТЕЛЬСТВЕННЫМИ И ЧАСТНЫМИ
УЧРЕЖДЕНІЯМИ, А ТАКЖЕ ПРИ РАСЧЕТАХЪ
МЕЖДУ ЧАСТНЫМИ ЛИЦАМИ (Translation: This banknote is required to be accepted for payments by all government and private institutions, as well as in settlements between private individuals.)