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250 Roubles Turkestan District
| Issuer | Turkestan District (Туркестанский Край) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 250 Roubles |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of an ornate shield bearing the denomination within a wreath of laurel branches, flanked by crossed torches, a cannon, and a hammer, all set against a fine guilloche underprint. Decorative pilasters frame both sides of the note. The date 1919 appears at the lower centre, with serial number panels at lower left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | ДВЕСТИ ПЯТЬДЕСЯТ РУБЛЕЙ РОССИЙСКАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАТИВНАЯ СОВЕТСКАЯ РЕСПУБЛИКА |
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The Turkestan District was effectively cut off from Bolshevik Moscow during the Civil War, forcing local Soviet authorities to print their own currency rather than wait for supply lines that didn't exist. The Tashkent-based administration issued this 250 Rouble note under conditions of acute paper and ink shortages — a fact visible in the uneven printing quality that characterizes the series.
P#S1171 belongs to a body of Civil War-era Central Asian emissions that circulated alongside a chaotic mix of Tsarist, Provisional Government, and White Army notes, none of which the local population had particular reason to trust.