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3 Roubles Archangel - White regime
| Issuer | Archangel Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ЧЕК НА ТРИ РУБЛЯ ТРИ РУБЛЯ Предъявитель сего чека имеетъ получить изъ кассы АРХАНГЕЛЬСКАГО ОТДЕЛЕНИЯ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАГО БАНКА или одного изъ казначействъ Архангельской губернии ТРИ рубля. и. о. Управляющаго Кассиръ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ АРХАНГЕЛЬСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ |
| Reverse description | The back is printed in green with a red overprint applied on the base design of P-S101. The central area carries a bold red overprint in Cyrillic stating that the note is temporarily issued by the Archangel Branch of the State Bank and is to circulate on a par with credit notes within Archangel Gubernia. The lower portion of the reverse bears the large green inscription АРХАНГЕЛЬСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ within a decorative panel, with ТРИ РУБЛЯ repeated in a guilloche band at both the top and bottom margins, and ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ БАНКЪ arching across the upper section. |
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Archangel fell under Allied intervention in August 1918, and the branch of the State Bank operating there issued notes under the authority of the Supreme Administration of the Northern Region — the anti-Bolshevik provisional government backed by British forces. This 3 Rouble note is part of that emergency emission, produced while the region was effectively a military occupation zone with its own disconnected monetary supply.
The Northern Region's currency circulated alongside British military scrip and Tsarist-era notes, creating a chaotic exchange environment. Allied withdrawal in 1919 left the White administration without its main external support, and the Bolshevik reconquest in early 1920 rendered these notes worthless almost overnight.