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3 Roubles Archangel - Red regime
| Issuer | Archangel Branch of the State Bank (Архангельское Отделение Государственного Банка) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in green, with a central octagonal guilloche frame enclosing the numeral 3, flanked on either side by fasces vignettes with foliate scrollwork. The denomination ТРИ РУБЛЯ appears in bold lettering below the central cartouche, with the serial number at upper left and lower right. A text panel at the foot bears the issuing authority inscription and three manuscript signatures of branch officials. |
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| Reverse lettering | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ ТРИ РУБЛЯ Временно выпускается АРХАНГЕЛЬСКИМЪ ОТДѢЛЕНІЕМЪ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА и въ предѣлахъ Архангельской губерніи обязательно къ обращенію наравнѣ съ кредитными билетами. Подѣлка преслѣдуется закономъ. АРХАНГЕЛЬСКОЕ ОТДѢЛЕНІЕ ТРИ РУБЛЯ |
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The Archangel Branch of the State Bank issued this note in 1918 under the control of the anti-Bolshevik Northern Government, which had seized the city in August of that year with Allied military backing. The designation "Red regime" in cataloging refers to the pre-coup Soviet administration that originally authorized these notes — Archangel changed hands, but the paper kept circulating.
Currency issued during this period of dual authority is notoriously difficult to attribute cleanly. The same notes passed through Bolshevik and White-controlled hands within weeks of each other, which complicates any straightforward political reading of a surviving example.