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3 Roubles Armavir
| Issuer | Armavir Branch of the State Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S479A |
| Obverse description | Black letterpress text on a pale green underprint, with the denomination numeral '3' printed in green at right. The upper portion carries a Cyrillic heading identifying this as a guaranteed hard-currency cheque of the Armavir Branch of the State Bank for 3 roubles, below which a rectangular stamped overprint reading 'РУССКО-АЗIАТСКIЙ БАНКЪ / Армавирское Отделенiе' is applied at centre. Two manuscript signatures appear across the lower portion, with the series designation 'СЕРIЯ Н №' printed vertically along the left margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Настоящiй чекъ акцептованъ Армавирскимъ отдѣленiемъ Государственнаго банка и имѣетъ хожденiе наравнѣ съ Государственными кредитными билетами до 1-го Декабря 1918 г. Чекъ съ исправленiями оплатѣ не подлежитъ. Управляющiй Контролеръ |
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Armavir, a trading town in the Kuban region, briefly hosted a branch of the State Bank during the Civil War period when central monetary authority had effectively collapsed. These local emissions — issued by dozens of regional branches, municipalities, and cooperatives across the former Russian Empire in 1918 — were born of sheer necessity: Petrograd could no longer supply sufficient currency to the periphery, and commerce had to continue somehow.
The official stamp was the branch's primary claim to legitimacy. Without it, the note was worthless paper; with it, barely more so in many markets. Armavir changed hands multiple times between Red and White forces during 1918–1919, which cut short the practical life of these emissions.