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250 Roubles Second Siberian Provisional Administration
| Issuer | Siberian Provisional Government - State Treasury |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Краткосрочное обязательство Государственного Казначейства Предъявителю сего уплачивается 1 Мая 1920 г. Двести пятьдесят рублей въ Государственномъ Банкѣ, его Конторахъ и Отдѣленіяхъ. Директоръ Департамента Государственного Казначейства Начальникъ Бухгалтерского Отдѣленія Бухгалтеръ Омскъ, 1 Мая 1919 г. РУБ. 250 Срокъ 1 Мая 1920 г. |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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The Siberian Provisional Government at Omsk was printing its own currency by 1919 under conditions that were deteriorating faster than the presses could run. Admiral Kolchak's White forces controlled the city, and the Treasury notes issued under his administration were intended to provide a functioning monetary system across Siberian territories still outside Bolshevik control — a claim that was already shrinking when this denomination was produced.
Printed locally at Omsk rather than sourced from established European security printers, the guilloche underprint represents a credible attempt at anti-counterfeiting under genuinely difficult wartime production constraints. By late 1919, Kolchak's government had collapsed entirely, and most of this paper became worthless within months of printing.